Asset Allocation Correlations

VCAAX Fund  USD 12.97  0.03  0.23%   
The current 90-days correlation between Asset Allocation and Blackrock Science Technology is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Asset Allocation 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.

Asset Allocation Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Asset Allocation Fund and DJI is 0.63 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Asset Allocation Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Asset Mutual Fund

  0.76VAPPX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.9VSRDX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.89VSTIX Stock Index FundPairCorr
  0.87VCGAX Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.71VCINX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.91VCNIX Nasdaq 100 IndexPairCorr
  0.62VCSTX Science TechnologyPairCorr
  0.63VCSLX Small Cap IndexPairCorr
  0.86VCULX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.75VDAFX Dynamic AllocationPairCorr
  0.77VVSGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.61VGCLX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.63VLAGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.96VLCGX Large Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.63VLSMX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.66ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.66CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Asset Mutual Fund performing well and Asset Allocation 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 Asset Allocation'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.