Harbor Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Harbor Small Cap and Guidemark Large Cap is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Harbor 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.

Harbor Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Harbor Small Cap and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Harbor Small Cap 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 Harbor 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 price.

Moving together with Harbor Mutual Fund

  0.96HICSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.98HIIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.97HIINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.98HIISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.96HIMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97HILVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.96HISVX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.98HISGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.94HMCLX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97HMCNX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97HMCRX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.99HNACX Harbor Capital ApprePairCorr
  0.95HNCVX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.96ESCWX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.96ESCQX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.91HNICX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.98HNIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.96HNMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98HNLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  1.0HNSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.96HNVRX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.66ECSWX Embark Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.66ECSQX Embark Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.99HRCAX Harbor Capital ApprePairCorr
  0.72HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.96HRCSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.98HRIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.97HRINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.98HRISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.96HRMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96HRLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  1.0HRSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.99HACAX Harbor Capital ApprePairCorr
  0.67HACBX Harbor Core BondPairCorr
  0.96HACSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.73HABDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.97HAINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.98HAISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.98HAIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.96HAMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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