International Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between International Small Pany and Dfa International Small is 0.99 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of International 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.

International Small Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between International Small Pany and DJI is 0.24 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding International Small Pany and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with International Mutual Fund

  1.0VFSNX Vanguard Ftse AllPairCorr
  1.0GICIX Goldman Sachs InternPairCorr
  1.0GIRLX Goldman Sachs InternPairCorr
  1.0GICUX Goldman Sachs InternPairCorr
  1.0FISMX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr
  1.0GICCX Goldman Sachs InternPairCorr
  1.0GICAX Goldman Sachs InternPairCorr
  1.0MISAX Victory TrivalentPairCorr
  1.0MCISX Victory TrivalentPairCorr
  0.85VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.85VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.85VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.85VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.85VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.85VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.85VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.85VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.93VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.93VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.75MCBXX Blackrock FinancialPairCorr
  0.91GLOIX Gamco Global OpportunityPairCorr
  0.97GLBLX Leuthold GlobalPairCorr
  0.92EMDIX Federated Emerging MarketPairCorr
  0.97SLARX Deutsche Latin AmericaPairCorr
  0.99VESIX Vanguard European StockPairCorr
  0.95GICPX Gamco Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.62SIGVX Ridgeworth Seix GovePairCorr
  0.99DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.99RSIRX Victory Rs InternationalPairCorr
  0.89AMANX Amana IncomePairCorr
  0.94GSHSX Goldman Sachs HighPairCorr
  0.91BISRX Brandes InternationalPairCorr
  0.95PAGRX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between International Mutual Fund performing well and International 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 International 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.