Smallcap World Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Smallcap World and Qs Large Cap is -0.13 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Smallcap World 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.

Smallcap World Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Smallcap World Fund and DJI is -0.12 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Smallcap World Fund 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 Smallcap World 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 Smallcap Mutual Fund

  1.0FSWFX American Funds SmallcapPairCorr
  1.0FSFWX American Funds SmallcapPairCorr
  1.0SCWCX American Fds SmallcapPairCorr
  1.0SCWFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  1.0SMCWX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  1.0CSPFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  1.0CSPEX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  1.0RSLCX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  1.0RLLGX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.95PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.94FTCAX Templeton Strained BondPairCorr
  0.97SIVIX State Street InstituPairCorr
  0.97TEQAX Touchstone SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.97IAF Aberdeen AustraliaPairCorr
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  0.71CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr
  0.74CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.68AA Alcoa Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.71MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr
  0.65PFE Pfizer IncPairCorr
  0.65GE GE AerospacePairCorr

Moving against Smallcap Mutual Fund

  0.98USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.98USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.97UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.67MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.48PG Procter GamblePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Smallcap Mutual Fund performing well and Smallcap World 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 Smallcap World'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.