Ancora Microcap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Ancora Microcap and Ancora Income Fund is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Ancora Microcap 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.

Ancora Microcap Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Ancora Microcap Fund 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 Ancora Microcap Fund 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 Ancora Microcap Fund. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Ancora Mutual Fund

  0.93AATSX Ancora/thelen Small-midPairCorr
  0.93AATIX Ancora/thelen Small-midPairCorr
  0.75ADEIX Proxy Voting WherePairCorr
  0.94VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.97DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.97UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.97UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.97UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.97AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.62CAACX Calvert AggressivePairCorr
  0.88SCRYX Small Cap CorePairCorr
  0.71VLCGX Large Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.77RFNBX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.78JILGX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.88VMCIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92WWLAX Westwood Largecap ValuePairCorr
  0.85SSIAX 1919 Socially ResponsivePairCorr
  0.78FINFX American Funds FundaPairCorr

Moving against Ancora Mutual Fund

  0.66GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr
  0.45GAAKX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.43GAAGX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.36GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Ancora Mutual Fund performing well and Ancora Microcap 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 Ancora Microcap'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.