Hennessy Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Small Cap and Hennessy Large Cap is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Hennessy Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Small Cap and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Small Cap 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 Small Cap. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.85HICGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.87HIMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.94HILFX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.79HILGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  1.0HISFX Hennessy Small CapPairCorr
  0.94HLFNX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.83HTECX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.95HTCIX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.8HFCSX Hennessy FocusPairCorr
  0.85HFCGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.79HFCIX Hennessy FocusPairCorr
  0.79HFLGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.7HFMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.77VFAIX Vanguard Financials IndexPairCorr
  0.99FRBCX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.99JRGRX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.88PRISX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.93FIDCX Financial IndustriesPairCorr
  0.92JFDRX Financial IndustriesPairCorr
  0.88TFIFX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.67RPFGX Davis FinancialPairCorr
  0.68DFFCX Davis FinancialPairCorr

Moving against Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.35HJPSX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.35HJSIX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.34HDOGX Hennessy Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.68RYWBX Weakening DollarPairCorr
  0.48LIBAX Columbia Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.31FAZPLX FazplxPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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