Hartford Moderate Correlations

HBARX Fund  USD 13.39  0.02  0.15%   
The current 90-days correlation between Hartford Moderate and Smallcap Growth Fund is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Hartford Moderate 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.

Hartford Moderate Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Hartford Moderate Allocation and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hartford Moderate Allocation 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 Hartford Moderate Allocation. 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 real.

Moving together with Hartford Mutual Fund

  0.68ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.8BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.74BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.8FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.8FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.8RLBCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.8RLBBX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.7CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.8CLBEX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.8RLBFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.63VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.68VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.7VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.63VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.77VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.69VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.87BA BoeingPairCorr

Moving against Hartford Mutual Fund

  0.59T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.47HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.4VZ Verizon Communications Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.4MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Hartford Mutual Fund performing well and Hartford Moderate 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 Hartford Moderate'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.