Avantis Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Avantis Small Cap and Locorr Strategic Allocation is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Avantis Small 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.

Avantis Small Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Avantis Small Cap and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Avantis Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Avantis Small Cap. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Avantis Mutual Fund

  0.61AVANX Avantis InternationalPairCorr
  0.68AVDEX Avantis InternationalPairCorr
  0.82AVCNX American Century EtfPairCorr
  0.62AVDVX Avantis InternationalPairCorr
  0.68AVDNX Avantis InternationalPairCorr
  0.82AVUVX Avantis Small CapPairCorr
  0.71ALCEX Avantis Large CapPairCorr
  0.66VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.66VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.66VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.66NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.65FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.86DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.64PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.64PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.89TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.64PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.68POCAX Pacific Funds PortfolioPairCorr
  0.61QGRNX Oppenheimer Gbl AllocPairCorr

Moving against Avantis Mutual Fund

  0.57UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.49USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.48USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Avantis Mutual Fund performing well and Avantis Small 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 Avantis Small'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.