Fidelity Government Correlations

FGOVX Fund  USD 9.35  0.03  0.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between Fidelity Government and T Rowe Price is -0.02 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Fidelity Government 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.

Fidelity Government Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Fidelity Government Income 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 Fidelity Government Income 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 Fidelity Government Income. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Fidelity Mutual Fund

  0.64FPTKX Fidelity Freedom 2015PairCorr
  0.75FPXTX Fidelity PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.65FQIFX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.71FRAMX Fidelity Income ReplPairCorr
  0.69FRASX Fidelity Income ReplPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

FCTFXFDMMX
QFVOXFDMMX
FDMMXFGMNX
FCTFXQFVOX
FCTFXFGMNX
FCTFXRQI
  

High negative correlations

DRGTXRQI
FCTFXDRGTX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Fidelity Mutual Fund performing well and Fidelity Government 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 Fidelity Government'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
FGMNX  0.13  0.02 (0.20) 0.60  0.00 
 0.29 
 0.68 
FDMMX  0.07  0.02 (0.24) 1.08  0.00 
 0.17 
 0.61 
NAC  0.31 (0.01)(0.13) 0.01  0.42 
 0.52 
 1.53 
ETG  0.70  0.04  0.03  0.11  0.78 
 1.37 
 3.76 
RQI  0.76  0.15  0.13  0.32  0.70 
 1.77 
 3.42 
DRGTX  1.10 (0.14) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.97 
 6.96 
OBSOX  1.06  0.03  0.03  0.09  1.25 
 2.04 
 6.38 
QFVOX  0.52  0.24  0.22  0.90  0.29 
 1.23 
 3.55 
FCTFX  0.08  0.02 (0.24) 2.48  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.57 
PRCOX  0.60 (0.03)(0.06) 0.01  0.84 
 1.26 
 3.70