Small Cap Correlations

SCRZX Fund  USD 11.90  0.05  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Core and Virtus Seix Government is 0.1 (i.e., Average 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Core and DJI is 0.59 (i.e., Very weak 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.
  
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Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.92STEYX International StrategicPairCorr
  0.92STEZX International StrategicPairCorr
  0.92STESX International StrategicPairCorr
  1.0SCRSX Small Cap CorePairCorr
  1.0SCRYX Small Cap CorePairCorr
  0.91APGZX Ab Large CapPairCorr
  0.91APGYX Ab Large CapPairCorr
  0.92APGAX Ab Large CapPairCorr
  0.91APGCX Ab Large CapPairCorr
  0.95CHCLX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr
  0.93CHCIX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr
  0.93CHCCX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr
  0.93CHCYX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.73AMTAX Ab All MarketPairCorr
  0.6GCEYX Ab Global EPairCorr
  0.59GCECX Ab Global EPairCorr
  0.54GCEAX Ab Global EPairCorr
  0.39SUTAX Ab Sustainable ThematicPairCorr
  0.37SUTCX Ab Sustainable ThematicPairCorr
  0.44CHCZX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr
  0.37SUTZX Ab Sustainable ThematicPairCorr
  0.33ABNCX Ab Bond InflationPairCorr

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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.