Hennessy Japan Correlations

HJPIX Fund  USD 43.93  0.14  0.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Japan and Hennessy Japan Fund is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Hennessy Japan is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Hennessy Japan Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Japan Fund and DJI is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Japan Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Hennessy Japan Fund. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

Moving together with Hennessy Mutual Fund

  1.0HJPNX Hennessy JapanPairCorr
  0.61HJPSX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.72FJPNX Fidelity JapanPairCorr
  0.71FIQLX Fidelity JapanPairCorr
  0.87MJFOX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.87MIJFX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.65FSJPX Fidelity Sai JapanPairCorr
  0.72FJPIX Fidelity JapanPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Hennessy Mutual Fund performing well and Hennessy Japan Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Hennessy Japan's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.