Foreign Value Correlations

VCFVX Fund  USD 14.63  0.37  2.59%   
The current 90-days correlation between Foreign Value and Valic Company I is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Foreign Value 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.

Foreign Value Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Foreign Value Fund and DJI is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Foreign Value Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Foreign Value Fund. 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 small area income & poverty estimates.

Moving together with Foreign Mutual Fund

  0.93VMIDX Mid Cap IndexPairCorr
  0.72VSRDX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.8VSTIX Stock Index FundPairCorr
  0.94VSSVX Small Cap SpecialPairCorr
  0.98VBCVX Broad Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.75VCBDX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.71VCGAX Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.92VCGEX Emerging EconomiesPairCorr
  0.99VCIEX International EquitiesPairCorr
  0.92VCIFX International GovernmentPairCorr
  0.98VCIGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.69VCINX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.99VCSOX Global Social AwarenessPairCorr
  0.88VCSLX Small Cap IndexPairCorr
  0.74VDAFX Dynamic AllocationPairCorr
  0.94VVMCX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.69VVSGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.94VVSCX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.93VGCLX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.97VGLSX Global StrategyPairCorr
  0.84VGREX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.95VHYLX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.98VIOPX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.92VLAGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.69VLCGX Large Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.92VLSMX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.99DODFX Dodge International StockPairCorr
  0.99DOXFX Dodge Cox InternationalPairCorr
  0.96OANIX Oakmark InternationalPairCorr
  0.96OAZIX Oakmark InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Foreign Mutual Fund performing well and Foreign Value 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 Foreign Value'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.