Small Cap Correlations

SCRYX Fund  USD 12.59  0.18  1.45%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Core and Thrivent Natural Resources is -0.07 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Small Cap 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.

Small Cap Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Core and DJI is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Cap Core and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Small Cap Core. 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 Small Mutual Fund

  0.96VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.79FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.93DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.91PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.91PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.66MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.47KO Coca Cola Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.46CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.37JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.34DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.33TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Small Mutual Fund performing well and Small Cap 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 Small Cap'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.