Guidepath(r) Managed Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Guidepath Managed Futures and Barings Global Floating is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Guidepath(r) Managed 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.

Guidepath(r) Managed Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Guidepath Managed Futures and DJI is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Guidepath Managed Futures 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 Guidepath Managed Futures. 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 Guidepath(r) Mutual Fund

  0.97GPARX Guidepath Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.96GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.91GPIFX Guidepath Flexible IncomePairCorr
  0.94GPIGX Guidepath Growth AndPairCorr
  0.88GPINX Guidepath IncomePairCorr
  0.95GPMIX Guidepath(r) Multi-assetPairCorr
  0.93AQMRX Aqr Managed FuturesPairCorr
  1.0AMFNX Asg Managed FuturesPairCorr
  1.0AMFAX Asg Managed FuturesPairCorr
  1.0ASFCX Asg Managed FuturesPairCorr
  1.0ASFYX Asg Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.99ABYAX Abbey Capital FuturesPairCorr
  0.99ABYIX Abbey Capital FuturesPairCorr
  0.99ABYCX Abbey Capital FuturesPairCorr
  0.99AHLPX American Beacon AhlPairCorr
  0.97LFMIX Locorr Macro StrategiesPairCorr
  0.91NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.96JGERX Jhancock Global EquityPairCorr
  0.71WEEIX Teton Westwood EquityPairCorr
  0.93VTROX Voya Target RetirementPairCorr
  0.94TEBRX Teberg FundPairCorr
  0.9SEGIX Guggenheim Large CapPairCorr
  0.86GCEAX Ab Global EPairCorr
  0.83DIBAX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.93IPMIX Voya Index PlusPairCorr
  0.95CIMCX Income FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89VTEAX Vanguard Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.8PXCZX Virtus Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.92IOWAX Collegeadvantage 529PairCorr
  0.8RGAHX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.68PFFRX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97TPIAX Timothy Plan InternaPairCorr
  0.61AINGX Inflation Adjusted BondPairCorr
  0.87SAOCX Guggenheim Alpha OppPairCorr
  0.97RBAFX American Funds BalancedPairCorr
  0.93AMFFX American MutualPairCorr

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

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Guidepath(r) Mutual Fund performing well and Guidepath(r) Managed 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 Guidepath(r) Managed'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.