Harbor Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Harbor Small Cap and Summit Global Investments is 0.55 (i.e., Very weak 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.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios. 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 Harbor Mutual Fund

  0.77VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.77VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.77VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.78VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.82JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.8JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.82JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.82JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.83JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.94VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.94VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.94VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.92VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.91VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.86VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.86VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.86VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.91VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.94VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.87FPXIX Fidelity Advisor 529PairCorr
  0.69GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.69AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.67CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.77INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.61AXP American ExpressPairCorr

Moving against Harbor Mutual Fund

  0.71VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.66T ATT IncPairCorr
  0.5PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.38CVX Chevron Corp Sell-off TrendPairCorr

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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.