Green Century Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Green Century Msci and Pimco Diversified Income is 0.4 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Green Century 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.

Green Century Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Green Century Msci and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Green Century Msci 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 Green Century Msci. 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 price.

Moving together with Green Mutual Fund

  0.68GCEQX Green Century EquityPairCorr
  0.68GCEUX Green Century EquityPairCorr
  0.85GCINX Green Century MsciPairCorr
  0.73GCBUX Green Century BalancedPairCorr
  0.73GCBLX Green Century BalancedPairCorr
  0.8VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.8VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.67VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.8VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.67VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.81VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.66VDVIX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.81VTMNX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.66VDIPX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.86FSPSX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr
  0.7BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.7BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.87MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.75EMSLX Shelton Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.67GCIRX Goldman Sachs InternPairCorr
  0.69MIEFX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr

Moving against Green Mutual Fund

  0.54SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.53MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.53MLPMX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.53SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Green Mutual Fund performing well and Green Century 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 Green Century'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.