Green Century Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Green Century Msci and Vanguard Total International is 0.94 (i.e., Almost no 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Green Century Msci and DJI is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Green Century Msci 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 Msci. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Green Mutual Fund

  1.0GCIFX Green Century MsciPairCorr
  0.87VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.87VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.87VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.87VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.87VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.98VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.91VDVIX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.98VTMNX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.98VDIPX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.91FSPSX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Green Mutual Fund

  0.54GCEUX Green Century EquityPairCorr
  0.53VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.52VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.5GCEQX Green Century EquityPairCorr
  0.74FFRHX Fidelity Advisor FloatingPairCorr
  0.67NML Neuberger Berman MlpPairCorr
  0.64CPLIX Calamos Phineus LongshortPairCorr
  0.53VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.53FSKAX Fidelity Total MarketPairCorr
  0.52VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.52VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.52VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.52VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.52BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.49VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.47PRWAX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.7NUSAX Nationwide GovernmentPairCorr
  0.6AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.59ABVCX Ab Value FundPairCorr
  0.56TWQZX Transamerica Large CapPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VGTSX  0.62 (0.11) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 1.15 
 4.09 
VTIAX  0.62 (0.11) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.15 
 4.11 
VTSNX  0.61 (0.11) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 1.15 
 4.08 
VTPSX  0.61 (0.11) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 1.14 
 4.08 
VTISX  0.61 (0.11) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.14 
 4.09 
VTMGX  0.63 (0.14) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 0.98 
 3.94 
VDVIX  0.64 (0.08) 0.00  1.82  0.00 
 0.96 
 4.01 
VTMNX  0.63 (0.14) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 0.99 
 3.94 
VDIPX  0.63 (0.14) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 1.02 
 3.93 
FSPSX  0.65 (0.09) 0.00  1.89  0.00 
 0.91 
 4.06