Stock Index Correlations

VSTIX Fund  USD 66.54  1.01  1.54%   
The current 90-days correlation between Stock Index Fund and Guidemark Large Cap is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Stock Index 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.

Stock Index Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Stock Index Fund and DJI is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Stock Index Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Stock Index Fund. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Stock Mutual Fund

  0.99VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  1.0VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.99VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  1.0VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  1.0VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.79SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.89SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.7RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.71RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.7RGNCX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.84GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.74AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.67BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.93GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.83IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.81INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against Stock Mutual Fund

  0.47SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.46OSPPX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.46SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.46MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.46MLPLX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.72VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.61PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.51MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.45BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.4HD Home DepotPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Stock Mutual Fund performing well and Stock Index 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 Stock Index'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.