Hennessy Technology Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hennessy Technology and Hennessy Nerstone Growth is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Hennessy Technology 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 Technology Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Hennessy Technology Fund and DJI is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hennessy Technology 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 Technology 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Hennessy Mutual Fund

  0.7HICVX Hennessy Nerstone ValuePairCorr
  0.71HIMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.81HILFX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.65HISFX Hennessy Small CapPairCorr
  0.73HJPIX Hennessy Japan Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.73HJPNX Hennessy Japan Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.67HJPSX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.67HJSIX Hennessy Japan SmallPairCorr
  0.81HLFNX Hennessy Large CapPairCorr
  0.78HNRGX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  0.76HNRIX Hennessy Bp EnergyPairCorr
  0.65HSFNX Hennessy Small CapPairCorr
  0.66HBFBX Hennessy BalancedPairCorr
  1.0HTECX Hennessy TechnologyPairCorr
  0.77HEIFX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.84HEIIX Hennessy Equity AndPairCorr
  0.66GASFX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.76HFCVX Hennessy Nerstone ValuePairCorr
  0.66HFCGX Hennessy Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.7HFMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.62HGASX Hennessy Gas UtilityPairCorr
  0.92VITAX Vanguard InformationPairCorr
  0.88CCIFX Columbia SeligmanPairCorr
  0.88FSPTX Technology PortfolioPairCorr
  0.91FSELX Fidelity Select SemiPairCorr
  0.66FSCSX Software And ItPairCorr
  0.92SLMCX Columbia SeligmanPairCorr
  0.94SCICX Columbia SeligmanPairCorr
  0.95WSTRX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.91DXQLX Direxion Monthly NasdaqPairCorr
  0.86RYVLX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.91RYVYX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.91UOPIX Ultra Nasdaq 100PairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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