Fidelity Freedom Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Fidelity Freedom Index and Rbc Emerging Markets is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Fidelity Freedom 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.

Fidelity Freedom Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Fidelity Freedom Index and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Fidelity Freedom Index and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Fidelity Freedom Index. 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 Fidelity Mutual Fund

  1.0VLXVX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  1.0FFIJX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.99FFSFX Fidelity Freedom 2065PairCorr
  0.73RCPTX American Funds 2065PairCorr
  0.73FAXTX American Funds 2065PairCorr
  0.84CRF Cornerstone Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.67PIODX Pioneer Fund PioneerPairCorr
  0.65IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.66AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.63AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.61INTC IntelPairCorr

Moving against Fidelity Mutual Fund

  0.48VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.33PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.31CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Fidelity Mutual Fund performing well and Fidelity Freedom 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 Fidelity Freedom'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.