Great-west Correlations

MXMDX Fund  USD 23.12  0.08  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between Great West Sp and Forum Real Estate is 0.07 (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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Great-west Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Great West Sp Mid 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 Great West Sp Mid 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 Great West Sp Mid. 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 Great-west Mutual Fund

  0.82SFBPX Great-west SecurefoundationPairCorr
  1.0MXBUX Great West SpPairCorr
  0.98MXEBX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.98MXERX Great West SpPairCorr
  0.98MXEQX Great West TPairCorr
  0.93MXGSX Great-west Multi-managerPairCorr
  0.79MXGTX Great West AggressivePairCorr

Moving against Great-west Mutual Fund

  0.67MXCOX Great West BondPairCorr
  0.72MXGBX Great West TempletonPairCorr
  0.69MXGMX Great West GovernmentPairCorr
  0.68MXBIX Great West BondPairCorr
  0.68MXDQX Great West GovernmentPairCorr
  0.56MXEDX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.55MXECX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.48MXEGX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.68MXFDX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.67MXIUX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.59MXINX Great-west InternationalPairCorr
  0.53MXIVX Great West MfsPairCorr
  0.4MXIHX Great-west Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.37MXIOX Great-west Inflation-protecPairCorr

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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   
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MRESXGURPX
PRKAXCNREX
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MRESXPRKAX
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High negative correlations   
MRESXPNDIX
MRESXFORFX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Great-west Mutual Fund performing well and Great-west 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 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.