Baron Growth Correlations

BGRUX Fund  USD 96.71  0.33  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between Baron Growth and Neuberger Berman Real is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Baron Growth 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.

Baron Growth Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Baron Growth Fund and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Baron Growth Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Baron Mutual Fund

  0.78BREUX Baron Real EstatePairCorr
  0.94BSCUX Baron Small CapPairCorr
  0.97BARUX Baron Asset FundPairCorr
  0.63BHCUX Baron Health CarePairCorr
  0.78PAMCX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.79RRMGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.83TRQZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.78RPMGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.62PCBIX Midcap Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.66PEMGX Midcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.67PMBCX Midcap Fund ClassPairCorr

Moving against Baron Mutual Fund

  0.34BPTUX Baron PartnersPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Baron Mutual Fund performing well and Baron Growth 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 Baron Growth'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.