Elfun Diversified Correlations

ELDFX Fund  USD 21.95  0.10  0.46%   
The current 90-days correlation between Elfun Diversified and Shelton Emerging Markets is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Elfun Diversified 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.

Elfun Diversified Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Elfun Diversified Fund and DJI is 0.72 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Elfun Diversified Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Elfun Diversified 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 census.

Moving together with Elfun Mutual Fund

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  0.73SSAQX State Street CorePairCorr
  0.99SSAKX State Street TargetPairCorr
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  0.99SSCJX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.98SSCQX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.86SSAWX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.99SSAZX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.96SSAUX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.98SSBRX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.98SSBSX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.92SSBNX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.93SSBOX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.95SSDYX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.71SSEYX State Street EquityPairCorr
  0.97SSDEX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.97SSDDX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.95SSDOX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.96SSDJX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.95SSDLX State Street TargetPairCorr
  0.95SSDWX State Street TargetPairCorr
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  0.95SSFJX State Street TargetPairCorr
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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 Elfun Mutual Fund performing well and Elfun Diversified 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 Elfun Diversified'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.