First Investors Correlations

FGINX Fund  USD 15.96  0.03  0.19%   
The current 90-days correlation between First Investors Growth and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.04 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of First Investors 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.

First Investors Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between First Investors Growth and DJI is -0.13 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding First Investors Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Investors Growth. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with First Mutual Fund

  0.72OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.77WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.69OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.66OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.95OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.89DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.95OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.62WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.96DPREX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.63IEYAX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.65DULTX Delaware InvestmentsPairCorr
  0.7IGNAX Ivy Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.73DDVIX Delaware ValuePairCorr
  0.65DDVRX Delaware ValuePairCorr
  0.61DEDCX Delaware Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96DEMCX Delaware Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.71DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr
  0.76AFMFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.76FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.76FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.68AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.68AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.68AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.68VIVAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.66DXQLX Direxion Monthly NasdaqPairCorr
  0.66RYVLX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.66RYVYX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.66UOPIX Ultra Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.97RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.66UOPSX Ultranasdaq 100 ProfundPairCorr
  0.69INPIX Internet UltrasectorPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between First Mutual Fund performing well and First Investors 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 First Investors' 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
OASGX  0.87  0.38  0.22 (3.21) 0.42 
 2.67 
 6.95 
OASVX  0.84  0.29  0.14 (1.62) 0.66 
 2.41 
 6.81 
IMAAX  0.03  0.01  0.00  1.89  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.34 
OCFIX  0.24  0.02 (0.32)(3.91) 0.20 
 0.47 
 1.27 
WASAX  0.34  0.19  0.15  159.13  0.00 
 1.26 
 2.37 
WSGAX  0.88  0.28  0.11 (2.00) 0.82 
 2.29 
 4.95 
OCIEX  0.50  0.24  0.17 (2.17) 0.00 
 1.25 
 3.22 
OCLVX  0.54  0.11  0.10  0.30  0.32 
 1.46 
 3.86 
OCLGX  0.75  0.30  0.38  0.54  0.00 
 2.39 
 5.62 
OCSGX  0.86  0.37  0.23 (3.19) 0.38 
 2.62 
 6.89