Ivy Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Ivy Small Cap and Calvert Developed Market is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Ivy 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.

Ivy Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Ivy Small Cap and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ivy 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 Ivy 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 census.

Moving together with Ivy Mutual Fund

  0.72ILGRX Ivy Large CapPairCorr
  0.77WRGCX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.69WSCYX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.77WSGRX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.74WASCX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.71WSTRX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.71WSTCX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.71INRSX Ivy Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.98WCEYX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.85IREIX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.85IRSRX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.61IRSYX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.99IASTX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.98ISPVX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.71ISTIX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.61WHIYX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.7IBNYX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.74ITGRX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.78ICEIX Ivy InternationalPairCorr
  0.98ICEQX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.68IVBDX Ivy Global BondPairCorr
  0.65IVEIX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.96IVOSX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr
  0.64IVSCX Ivy Global BondPairCorr
  0.71IVVIX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.78IVVYX Ivy InternationalPairCorr
  0.96IWGNX Ivy Wilshire GlobalPairCorr
  0.65IEYYX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.73IGIIX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.99WMGCX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr
  0.71IGNIX Ivy Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.7IYBIX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.71IGNYX Ivy Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.95IYEFX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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