Alger Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Alger Small Cap and Pnc Emerging Markets is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Alger Small Cap and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor 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

  0.82AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.81AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.9AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  1.0AOFYX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.92AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  1.0AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.73CHUSX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.73CHUCX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.73AAEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.69AAGOX Alger Large CapPairCorr
  0.67AAICX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.67AAIZX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.97ASCYX Alger FundsPairCorr
  0.97ASCZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.96AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.88ASIRX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.88ASIMX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.87ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.66ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.69ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.69ASPYX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.87ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr
  0.63ABLOX Alger Balanced PortfolioPairCorr
  0.7ACAYX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.67ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.67ACARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.64ACAAX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.61ATVPX Alger 35 FundPairCorr
  0.73ACEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.7ACIZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.64ADOZX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.67CNEYX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.67CNEZX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.75AFGZX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.68AFGPX Alger InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Alger Mutual Fund

  0.34CNEIX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr

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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.