Alger Midcap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Alger Midcap Growth and Payden High Income is 0.5 (i.e., Very weak 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Alger Midcap Growth and DJI is 0.38 (i.e., Weak 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.
  
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Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  1.0AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  1.0AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.67AAEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.72AAICX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.71AAIZX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.71AAIYX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.72ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.83ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.83ASPYX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.81ASPIX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.72ABLOX Alger Balanced PortfolioPairCorr
  0.66ACEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.69AFGPX Alger InternationalPairCorr

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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.