Great-west Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Great West Lifetime and Great West Securefoundation Balanced is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Great-west Lifetime 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.

Great-west Lifetime Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Great West Lifetime 2020 and DJI is 0.64 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Great West Lifetime 2020 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Great West Lifetime 2020. 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 price.

Moving together with Great-west Mutual Fund

  0.79SFBPX Great-west SecurefoundationPairCorr
  1.0MXAKX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  1.0MXAHX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.73MXBQX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.72MXBOX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.72MXBPX Great West ModeratelyPairCorr
  0.73MXBSX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.83MXATX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.84MXAUX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.84MXAYX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.76MXBEX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.76MXBDX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.77MXBGX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.85MXELX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.76MXCPX Great-west ConservativePairCorr
  0.81MXDPX Great West ModeratelyPairCorr
  0.76MXGNX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.76MXGQX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.93MXGPX Great West ModeratePairCorr
  0.79MXGTX Great West AggressivePairCorr
  0.81MXGUX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.84MXFLX Great West LifetimePairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Great-west Mutual Fund performing well and Great-west Lifetime 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 Great-west Lifetime'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.