Stock Index Correlations

VSTIX Fund  USD 68.47  0.03  0.04%   
The current 90-days correlation between Stock Index Fund and Goldman Sachs Emerging is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Stock Index 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.

Stock Index Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Stock Index Fund and DJI is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Stock Index 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 Stock Index 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Stock Mutual Fund

  0.75VMSGX Mid Cap StrategicPairCorr
  0.93VSRDX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.65VBCVX Broad Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.78VCAAX Asset AllocationPairCorr
  0.79VCGAX Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.62VCINX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.76VCSTX Science TechnologyPairCorr
  0.61VCSLX Small Cap IndexPairCorr
  0.76VDAFX Dynamic AllocationPairCorr
  0.64VVSGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.68VLAGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.69VLCGX Large Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.73VLSMX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.78VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.77VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.77VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr

Moving against Stock Mutual Fund

  0.32NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr

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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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Stock Mutual Fund performing well and Stock Index 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 Stock Index'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.