Small Cap Correlations

ACSCX Fund  USD 9.54  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Value and Select Fund Investor is 0.13 (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 poor diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Value and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Cap Value and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Small Cap Value. 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 services.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.84AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.68AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.97AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.87AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.7TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.84TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.82TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.98AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.98AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.64TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.98AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.84TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.83TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.84TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.67TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.85TWMIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.89TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.82TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.84TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.9TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.8TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.87TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.84TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.8TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.9NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.41TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.4TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.36TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr

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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AMKIXAMDVX
TWADXAMGIX
TWCIXTWCAX
AMKIXAMGIX
  

High negative correlations

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
AMDVX  0.61  0.14  0.12 (23.24) 0.46 
 1.54 
 3.69 
AMEIX  0.64  0.01 (0.05)(0.85) 0.88 
 1.24 
 4.06 
AMGIX  0.67  0.21  0.30  0.34  0.11 
 1.60 
 8.67 
CDBCX  0.14  0.01 (0.20) 0.30  0.00 
 0.33 
 0.65 
AMKIX  0.72  0.17  0.18  0.32  0.52 
 1.49 
 4.05 
TWACX  0.05  0.00 (0.44) 0.04  0.00 
 0.22 
 0.33 
TWADX  0.56  0.15  0.15 (42.30) 0.39 
 1.27 
 3.18 
TWCCX  1.15  0.35  0.29  1.41  0.71 
 1.45 
 26.20 
TWCAX  0.70  0.00 (0.05) 0.01  1.07 
 1.51 
 5.21 
TWCIX  0.69 (0.04)(0.05) 0.00  1.05 
 1.28 
 5.20