Great West Correlations

GWO-PN Preferred Stock  CAD 15.45  0.23  1.51%   
The current 90-days correlation between Great West 365 and Manulife Financial Corp is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Great West 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.

Great West Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Great West 365 and DJI is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Great West 365 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving against Great Preferred Stock

  0.43DII-B Dorel IndustriesPairCorr
  0.4MFC-PC Manulife Finl SrsPairCorr
  0.39AIM Aimia IncPairCorr
  0.38MFC-PL Manulife Financial CorpPairCorr
  0.34MFC-PK Manulife Financial CorpPairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
GWO-PSGWO-PT
MFC-PCMFC-PJ
GWO-PSMFC-PC
GWO-PTMFC-PC
MFC-PCMFC-PL
MFC-PLMFC-PJ
  
High negative correlations   
GWO-PTMFC-PN
GWO-PSMFC-PN

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Great Preferred Stock performing well and Great West Company 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'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.

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Great West Corporate Management

Elected by the shareholders, the Great West's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Great West inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Great. The board's role is to monitor Great West's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Great West's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Great West's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.