Harbor Mid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Harbor Mid Cap and Harbor International Small is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Harbor Mid 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.

Harbor Mid Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Harbor Mid Cap and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Harbor Mid Cap 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 Harbor Mid Cap. 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 Harbor Mutual Fund

  0.96HIISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.98HMCNX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98HMCRX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94HNCVX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.87ESCWX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.9ESCQX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.96HNINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.96HNISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.84HNICX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.97HNIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.96HNMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.87HNLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.88HNSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.96HNVRX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.9ECSWX Embark Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.88ECSQX Embark Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.79HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.96HRCSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.97HRIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.96HRINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.96HRISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.97HRMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.93HRLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.89HRSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.96HAONX Harbor OverseasPairCorr
  0.96HAORX Harbor OverseasPairCorr
  0.96HAOSX Harbor OverseasPairCorr
  0.83HSICX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.98HSVRX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.79HBFRX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.73HCBRX Harbor Core BondPairCorr
  0.95VIMAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.9VIMSX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.95VMCPX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.95VMCIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.71VEXAX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.74VEMPX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Harbor Mutual Fund performing well and Harbor Mid 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 Harbor Mid'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.