Alger Small Correlations

AGOZX Fund  USD 21.59  0.55  2.61%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Small Cap and Alger Spectra Fund is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Alger Small 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.

Alger Small Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Alger Small Cap and DJI is 0.35 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  0.95AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  1.0AOFYX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  1.0AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.9ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.77ATVPX Alger 35 FundPairCorr
  0.77CNEIX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.77CNEYX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.93AFOZX Alger Funds MidPairCorr
  0.83AISZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.88ALSAX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.97VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.71KSCOX Kinetics Small CapPairCorr
  0.76KNPYX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.7LETRX Voya Russia FundPairCorr
  0.76WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.69LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.69LSHCX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.71KSCYX Kinetics Small CapPairCorr
  0.76KNPAX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.76KNPCX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.76SHYIX Guggenheim High YieldPairCorr
  0.76MFHIX Mesirow Financial HighPairCorr
  0.72PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr

Moving against Alger Mutual Fund

  0.38AAEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.37AZEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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