Alger Midcap Correlations

ALMRX Fund  USD 25.91  0.17  0.65%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Midcap Growth and Alger Smallcap Growth is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Alger Midcap 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 Midcap Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Alger Midcap Growth and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Midcap Growth 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 Alger Midcap Growth. 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 Alger Mutual Fund

  1.0AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  1.0AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  1.0AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97AOFYX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.97AOFIX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.97AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.95CHUSX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.94CHUCX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.99AAGOX Alger Large CapPairCorr
  0.93ASCYX Alger FundsPairCorr
  0.93ASCZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.91AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.87ASIMX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.87ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.99ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.99ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.99ASPYX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.99ASPIX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.87ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr
  0.98ACAYX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.98ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.98ACARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.98ACAAX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.99ATVPX Alger 35 FundPairCorr
  0.98ADOCX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.98ADOZX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.98CNEIX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.98CNEYX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.98CNEZX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.95AFGZX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.95AFGIX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  1.0AFOZX Alger Funds MidPairCorr
  0.97AGFCX Alger ResponsiblePairCorr
  0.92AGIZX Alger Growth IncomePairCorr
  1.0AGIRX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.97AGIFX Alger ResponsiblePairCorr
  0.97AGOZX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.92AGSCX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Alger Mutual Fund

  0.43ALGAX Alger InternationalPairCorr
  0.41ALCZX Alger InternationalPairCorr

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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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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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