Hennessy Cornerstone Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Nerstone Mid and Goldman Sachs Clean is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Hennessy Cornerstone 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 Cornerstone Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Nerstone Mid and DJI is -0.23 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Nerstone Mid 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 Nerstone 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 Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.96HICGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.77HILGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.69HJPSX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.69HJSIX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.78HLFNX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.71HNRGX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  0.72HNRIX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  0.89HBFBX Hennessy BalancedPairCorr
  0.79HTECX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.97HTCIX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.84HDOGX Hennessy Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.75HEIFX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.73HFCSX Hennessy Focus Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.72HFCVX Hennessy Nerstone ValuePairCorr
  0.75HFCGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.73HFCIX Hennessy Focus Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.77HFLGX Hennessy Nerstone LargePairCorr
  0.8HFMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.76VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.76VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.76VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.76NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.76FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.76DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.74PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.74PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.75TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.74PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.67FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.69BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.69BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.69MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr

Moving against Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.39GASFX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.37HGASX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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