Needham Aggressive Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Needham Aggressive Growth and Needham Small Cap is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Needham Aggressive 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.

Needham Aggressive Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Needham Aggressive Growth and DJI is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Needham Aggressive Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Needham Aggressive Growth. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Needham Mutual Fund

  1.0NEAGX Needham Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.83NEEGX Needham GrowthPairCorr
  0.75NEEIX Needham GrowthPairCorr
  0.93NESGX Needham Small CapPairCorr
  0.94NESIX Needham Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.88VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.88VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.79JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.78JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.66JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.78JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.8JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.94PMPIX Precious Metals Ultr Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.94PMPSX Precious Metals Ultr Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.94FGPMX Franklin Gold And Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.93FRGOX Franklin Gold PreciousPairCorr
  0.93MIDSX Midas Fund MidasPairCorr
  0.93FIJDX Gold Portfolio Fidelity Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.91FIOOX Fidelity Series 1000PairCorr
  0.84BFRNX Barrow Hanley FloatingPairCorr
  0.92MXGUX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.89NWABX Nationwide Fund6PairCorr
  0.84GBXIX Nationwide Bond IndexPairCorr
  0.77IIXCX Catalyst Insider IncomePairCorr
  0.91TIQIX Touchstone SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.92FJAPX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.87SCSCX Sentinel Mon StockPairCorr
  0.89PPNAX Putnam Amt FreePairCorr
  0.69BMSFX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.95QNTIX Quantex Fund InstituPairCorr
  0.91SGRHX Wells Fargo GrowthPairCorr
  0.93GMMRX Nationwide InvestorPairCorr
  0.88GCSAX Goldman Sachs SmallPairCorr
  0.89SSGHX State Street GlobalPairCorr
  0.74NWALX Nationwide Bny MellonPairCorr
  0.85HIPAX The Hartford InflationPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Needham Mutual Fund performing well and Needham Aggressive 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 Needham Aggressive'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
NESIX  1.41  0.11  0.11  0.12  1.48 
 4.42 
 10.16 
FELCX  1.25  0.19  0.10  0.21  1.61 
 2.83 
 9.40 
LBHIX  0.14  0.02 (0.12) 0.37  0.00 
 0.24 
 1.42 
MSTSX  0.47  0.06 (0.02)(0.37) 0.60 
 1.11 
 3.97 
VIASP  0.32  0.04 (0.04) 0.48  0.36 
 0.64 
 2.46 
RRTLX  0.20  0.03 (0.06) 0.14  0.05 
 0.47 
 1.85 
OSHDF  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
70082LAB3  1.34  0.02 (0.02)(0.16) 3.39 
 2.47 
 18.41 
SITKF  3.66  0.97  0.26  0.94  2.97 
 8.70 
 26.41 
RWAYL  0.13  0.02 (0.21) 0.42  0.00 
 0.28 
 0.95