Hartford Municipal Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hartford Municipal Short and Ab Bond Inflation is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Hartford Municipal 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.

Hartford Municipal Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Hartford Municipal Short and DJI is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hartford Municipal Short 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 Hartford Municipal Short. 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 census.

Moving together with Hartford Mutual Fund

  0.87VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.87VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.72VWSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.72VWSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.92GDUSX Goldman Sachs ShortPairCorr
  0.94GANPX Goldman Sachs ShortPairCorr
  0.79SNDPX Diversified MunicipalPairCorr
  0.81AIDYX Diversified MunicipalPairCorr
  0.82AIDZX Diversified MunicipalPairCorr
  0.77PFJAX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.75SHYIX Guggenheim High YieldPairCorr
  0.7SRYRX Simt Real ReturnPairCorr
  0.71LSYFX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.74MHHIX Mainstay High YieldPairCorr
  0.66ASCGX Lebenthal Lisanti SmallPairCorr

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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 Hartford Mutual Fund performing well and Hartford Municipal 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 Hartford Municipal'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.