Hartford Small Correlations

HSMBX Fund  USD 39.65  0.47  1.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between Hartford Small Cap and Great West Goldman Sachs is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Hartford Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Hartford Small Cap 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 Hartford Small 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 Hartford Small 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Hartford Mutual Fund

  0.8ARAAX Horizon Active RiskPairCorr
  0.77HNDRX Horizon Defined RiskPairCorr
  0.84USRTX Horizon Defensive EquityPairCorr
  0.78HADRX Horizon Defined RiskPairCorr
  0.74HADUX Horizon Active DividendPairCorr
  1.0HSMNX Horizon Defensive SmmdPairCorr
  0.72HESAX Horizon Esg DefensivePairCorr
  0.96VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.89FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.98DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.98FTHSX Fuller Thaler BehavioralPairCorr
  0.98FTHNX Fuller Thaler BehavioralPairCorr
  0.8PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.8PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9JEPIX Jpmorgan Equity PremiumPairCorr
  0.8DHSCX Diamond Hill SmallPairCorr
  0.84TCIEX Tiaa Cref InternationalPairCorr
  0.79JOPSX Johcm InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Hartford Mutual Fund

  0.36HTFNX Horizon FundsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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