Stock Index Correlations

HSTIX Fund  USD 41.04  0.03  0.07%   
The current 90-days correlation between Stock Index Fund and Value Fund Value is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Stock Index 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.

Stock Index Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Stock Index Fund and DJI is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Stock Index 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 Stock Index 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 Stock Mutual Fund

  1.0VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  1.0VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  1.0VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  1.0VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  1.0VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.79WHIYX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.75IVHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.75IHIFX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.79WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.76WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.73HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.74BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.81JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.61DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.8BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.86AXP American ExpressPairCorr

Moving against Stock Mutual Fund

  0.55TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.49JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.34KO Coca ColaPairCorr
  0.33PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.32MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr

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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 Stock Mutual Fund performing well and Stock Index 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 Stock Index'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.