Hennessy Nerstone Correlations

HICVX Fund  USD 20.87  0.14  0.68%   
The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Nerstone Value and Hennessy Nerstone Growth is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Hennessy Nerstone 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.

Hennessy Nerstone Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Nerstone Value and DJI is 0.33 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Nerstone Value 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 Hennessy Nerstone Value. 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 Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.94HICGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.93HIMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.98HILGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.76HISFX Hennessy Small CapPairCorr
  0.82HJPIX Hennessy JapanPairCorr
  0.73HJPNX Hennessy JapanPairCorr
  0.76HSFNX Hennessy Small CapPairCorr
  0.86HBFBX Hennessy BalancedPairCorr
  0.83HDOGX Hennessy Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.91HEIFX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.91HEIIX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.87GASFX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.89HFCSX Hennessy FocusPairCorr
  0.96HFCVX Hennessy Nerstone ValuePairCorr
  0.91HFCGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.89HFCIX Hennessy FocusPairCorr
  0.98HFLGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.92HFMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.87HGASX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.93VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.9DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr
  0.86AFMFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.92FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.92FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.92AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.92AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.93VIVAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr

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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 Hennessy Mutual Fund performing well and Hennessy Nerstone 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 Hennessy Nerstone'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
HICGX  1.09 (0.12) 0.00 (0.19) 0.00 
 1.77 
 16.04 
HICVX  0.46 (0.05) 0.00 (0.18) 0.00 
 0.85 
 4.11 
HIMDX  1.02 (0.22) 0.00 (0.31) 0.00 
 2.11 
 18.34 
HILFX  1.11  0.24  0.17  0.59  1.07 
 2.04 
 15.79 
HILGX  0.67 (0.10) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 1.20 
 5.91 
HISFX  1.43 (0.01)(0.01) 0.00  1.84 
 3.01 
 18.32 
HJPIX  0.96 (0.17) 0.00 (0.46) 0.00 
 1.50 
 7.14 
HJPNX  0.95 (0.17) 0.00 (2.73) 0.00 
 1.51 
 7.16 
HJPSX  0.74 (0.04) 0.00 (1.07) 0.00 
 1.24 
 4.91 
HJSIX  0.75 (0.04) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.26 
 4.88