Green Century Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Green Century Equity and Green Century Balanced is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Green Century 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.

Green Century Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Green Century Equity and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Green Century Equity 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 Green Century Equity. 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 producer price index.

Moving together with Green Mutual Fund

  0.99GCEUX Green Century EquityPairCorr
  0.88VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.86VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.88VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.88VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.88VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.88VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.87VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.86VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.95VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.95VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.71CISGX Touchstone Sands CapitalPairCorr
  0.7JHBCX Jhancock Blue ChipPairCorr
  0.84OBSOX Oberweis Small CapPairCorr
  0.85RBENX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.82NCLEX Nicholas EditionPairCorr
  0.91VGOSX Voya Large CapPairCorr
  0.7WISEX Azzad Wise CapitalPairCorr
  0.7WEIAX Teton Vertible SecuritiesPairCorr

Moving against Green Mutual Fund

  0.45BCMIX Brown CapitalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Green Mutual Fund performing well and Green Century 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 Green Century'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.