The Hartford Correlations

HRASX Fund  USD 15.35  0.01  0.07%   
The current 90-days correlation between Hartford Growth and Touchstone Large Cap is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of The Hartford 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.

The Hartford Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between The Hartford Growth and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Hartford Growth 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 The Hartford Growth. 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 state.

Moving together with The Mutual Fund

  0.87HGOFX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.87HGOIX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.87HGORX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.92HGOSX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.92HGOTX Hartford Growth OppoPairCorr
  0.92HGOVX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.92HGOYX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.87HGOAX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.87HGOCX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.69HGXAX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr
  0.67HGXCX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr
  0.71HGXFX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr
  0.71HGXIX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr
  0.7HGXSX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr
  0.71HGXTX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr
  0.71HGXVX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr
  0.96HIACX Hartford Capital AppPairCorr
  0.95HIADX Hartford Dividend AndPairCorr
  0.96HIAGX Hartford DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.9HIASX Hartford Small PanyPairCorr
  0.96HIBCX Hartford Capital AppPairCorr

Moving against The Mutual Fund

  0.53HIABX Hartford Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.52HIAHX Hartford Healthcare HlsPairCorr
  0.57SCBIX Schroder Core BondPairCorr
  0.36HIPCX The Hartford InflationPairCorr
  0.35HLDCX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.33HIPAX The Hartford InflationPairCorr
  0.33HLDIX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.32HIPSX The Hartford InflationPairCorr
  0.32HLDAX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.32HLDRX Hartford EmergingPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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