Great West Correlations

MXBEX Fund  USD 10.95  0.27  2.53%   
The current 90-days correlation between Great West Lifetime and Mesirow Financial Small is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Great West 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.

Great West Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Great West Lifetime 2040 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 Great West Lifetime 2040 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Great West Lifetime 2040. 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 income.

Moving together with Great Mutual Fund

  0.92MXAGX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.91MXAKX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.92MXAHX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  1.0MXBQX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  1.0MXBOX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.93MXBPX Great West ModeratelyPairCorr
  0.63MXBUX Great West SpPairCorr
  1.0MXBSX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.91MXCJX Great West SecurefouPairCorr
  0.95MXAPX Great West AggressivePairCorr
  0.99MXATX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.99MXAUX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.95MXAYX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  1.0MXBDX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.96MXBGX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.61MXEBX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.98MXELX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.86MXEQX Great West TPairCorr
  0.78MXCPX Great West ServativePairCorr
  0.88MXDPX Great West ModeratelyPairCorr
  0.82MXGNX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  1.0MXGQX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.98MXGPX Great West ModeratePairCorr
  0.95MXGTX Great West AggressivePairCorr
  0.81MXGUX Great West LifetimePairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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