Meridian Growth Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Meridian Growth and Lord Abbett Health is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Meridian 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.

Meridian Growth Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Meridian Growth Fund and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Meridian Growth Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Meridian Growth 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Meridian Mutual Fund

  0.72MRAEX Meridian Equity IncomePairCorr
  1.0MRAGX Meridian GrowthPairCorr
  0.72MRCEX Meridian Equity IncomePairCorr
  1.0MRCGX Meridian GrowthPairCorr
  0.72MRIEX Meridian Equity IncomePairCorr
  1.0MRIGX Meridian GrowthPairCorr
  1.0MRRGX Meridian GrowthPairCorr
  0.98MSGAX Meridian Small CapPairCorr
  0.98MSGCX Meridian Small CapPairCorr
  0.98MSGGX Meridian Small CapPairCorr
  0.98MSGRX Meridian Small CapPairCorr
  0.92MVALX Meridian ContrarianPairCorr
  0.72MEIFX Meridian Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.92MFCAX Meridian ContrarianPairCorr
  0.92MFCCX Meridian ContrarianPairCorr
  0.92MFCIX Meridian ContrarianPairCorr
  0.98MISGX Meridian Small CapPairCorr
  0.91VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.91VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.91VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.95VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.91JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.91JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.91JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.91JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.91JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.81ILESX Fisher InvestmentsPairCorr
  0.91GAB Gabelli Equity TrustPairCorr

Moving against Meridian Mutual Fund

  0.57GAAGX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.56GAAKX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.44GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Meridian Mutual Fund performing well and Meridian 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 Meridian 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.