The Hartford Correlations

HWDFX Fund  USD 10.20  0.01  0.1%   
The current 90-days correlation between Hartford World and Pace Large Growth is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of The Hartford 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.

The Hartford Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between The Hartford World and DJI is -0.18 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Hartford World 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 The Hartford World. 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 census.

Moving together with The Mutual Fund

  0.88FGBRX Templeton Global BondPairCorr
  0.89FBNRX Templeton Global BondPairCorr
  0.98RCWBX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.98CCWFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.98CCWCX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.98RCWEX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.98CCWEX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.98RCWCX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.98RCWGX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.98RCWFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.68BRUFX Bruce Fund BrucePairCorr
  0.62SPGSX State Street PremierPairCorr
  0.82KF Korea ClosedPairCorr

Moving against The Mutual Fund

  0.72HPQ HP IncPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between The Mutual Fund performing well and The Hartford 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 The Hartford'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.