Hennessy Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Balanced and Hennessy Total Return is 0.98 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Hennessy Balanced 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.

Hennessy Balanced Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.72 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Balanced Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Hennessy Balanced 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.83HICGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.99HICVX Hennessy Nerstone ValuePairCorr
  0.89HIMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.94HILFX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.92HILGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.78HISFX Hennessy Small CapPairCorr
  0.73HJPIX Hennessy JapanPairCorr
  0.73HJPNX Hennessy JapanPairCorr
  0.93HJPSX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.93HJSIX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.94HLFNX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.86HNRGX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  0.87HNRIX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  0.78HSFNX Hennessy Small CapPairCorr
  0.92HTECX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.92HTCIX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.99HDOGX Hennessy Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.94HEIFX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.94HEIIX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.9HFCSX Hennessy Focus Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.99HFCVX Hennessy Nerstone ValuePairCorr
  0.84HFCGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.9HFCIX Hennessy Focus Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.94HFLGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.89HFMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.97VWINX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.97VWIAX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.95BKMIX Blackrock Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.96HBLTX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.97HBLRX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.95HBLSX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.97HBLVX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.98HBLYX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.97HBLCX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.95HBLIX Hartford BalancedPairCorr

Moving against Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.89USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.88USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.87UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.8TCTGX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.79TDKTX Cleartrack 2015 ClassPairCorr
  0.79TCTJX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.79TCSUX Cleartrack 2020 ClassPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Hennessy Mutual Fund performing well and Hennessy Balanced 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 Hennessy Balanced'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.