Hennessy Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Bp Midstream and Cohen Steers Mlp is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Hennessy 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 Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Bp Midstream and DJI is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Bp Midstream 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 Bp Midstream. 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 Hennessy Mutual Fund

  1.0HMSIX Hennessy Bp MidstreamPairCorr
  0.92HNRGX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  0.92HNRIX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  0.79GASFX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.78HGASX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.97TORCX Tortoise Mlp PipelinePairCorr
  0.98MLPTX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.98OSPSX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.91MLPZX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.91OSPMX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.92MLPDX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.92MLPRX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.96GMLPX Goldman Sachs MlpPairCorr
  0.96GLPIX Goldman Sachs MlpPairCorr
  0.96GLPRX Goldman Sachs MlpPairCorr

Moving against Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.51TCTGX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.51TDKTX Cleartrack 2015 ClassPairCorr
  0.51TCTJX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.43TCSUX Cleartrack 2020 ClassPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Hennessy Mutual Fund performing well and Hennessy 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'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.