Intact Financial Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Intact Financial and Fairfax Financial Holdings is 0.39 (i.e., Weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Intact Financial moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Intact Financial moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Intact Financial Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Intact Financial and DJI is 0.17 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Intact Financial and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Intact Stock

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Moving against Intact Stock

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Related Correlations Analysis


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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NAGWO
POWGWO
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High negative correlations

POWSLF
TD-PFJSLF
NASLF
MFCSLF
DFYSLF
GWOSLF

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Intact Stock performing well and Intact Financial Company 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 Intact Financial'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.

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