Small Capitalization Correlations

SSCPX Fund  USD 7.14  0.04  0.56%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Capitalization and Siit Large Cap is -0.24 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Small Capitalization 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 Capitalization Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Small Capitalization Portfolio and DJI is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Capitalization Portfolio 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 Capitalization Portfolio. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.63SABIX Aggressive BalancedPairCorr
  0.67SABCX Salient Alternative BetaPairCorr
  0.67SAMCX Salient Mlp FundPairCorr
  0.62SAMIX Moderately AggressivePairCorr
  0.75SSCCX Saratoga Small CapitPairCorr
  0.77SSCYX Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.68SBMCX Moderate BalancedPairCorr
  0.63SBMIX Moderate BalancedPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.35SHPAX Health BiotchnologyPairCorr
  0.34SBHIX Health BiotchnologyPairCorr
  0.34SHPCX Health BiotchnologyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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