Meridian Contrarian Correlations

MFCCX Fund  USD 39.10  0.35  0.89%   
The current 90-days correlation between Meridian Contrarian and Lebenthal Lisanti Small is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Meridian Contrarian 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.

Meridian Contrarian Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Meridian Trarian Fund and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Meridian Trarian Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Meridian Trarian 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 private.

Moving together with Meridian Mutual Fund

  0.64MSGAX Meridian Small CapPairCorr
  0.62MSGCX Meridian Small CapPairCorr
  0.64MSGGX Meridian Small CapPairCorr
  1.0MVALX Meridian ContrarianPairCorr
  0.84MFCAX Meridian ContrarianPairCorr
  1.0MFCIX Meridian ContrarianPairCorr
  0.7VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.7VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.7VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.62PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.62PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.7SMPIX Semiconductor Ultrasector Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.71FELIX Fidelity Advisor SemPairCorr
  0.69ONERX One Rock Fund Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.8RYVYX Nasdaq 100 2x Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.68RYVLX Nasdaq 100 2x Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.72FSELX Fidelity Select SemiPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Meridian Mutual Fund performing well and Meridian Contrarian 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 Meridian Contrarian'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.