Great-west Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Great West T and Needham Small Cap is 0.76 (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

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Poor diversification

The correlation between Great West T Rowe and DJI is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Great West T Rowe 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 T Rowe. 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 price.

Moving together with Great-west Mutual Fund

  0.8SFBPX Great-west SecurefoundationPairCorr
  0.97MXBUX Great West SpPairCorr
  0.77MXCJX Great West SecurefouPairCorr
  0.94MXEBX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.98MXERX Great West SpPairCorr
  0.7MXEQX Great West TPairCorr
  0.92MXGSX Great-west Multi-managerPairCorr

Moving against Great-west Mutual Fund

  0.42MXECX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.53MXEGX Great West EPairCorr
  0.31MXEDX Great-west CorePairCorr

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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-west 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.