Alger Small Correlations

AOFYX Fund  USD 22.83  0.26  1.15%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Small Cap and Icon Information Technology is 0.24 (i.e., Modest 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 0.63 (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

  0.86AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.84AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.86AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94AOFIX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  1.0AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  1.0AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.62CHUSX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.62CHUCX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.65AAGOX Alger Large CapPairCorr
  0.67AAICX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.67AAIZX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.92ASCYX Alger FundsPairCorr
  0.92ASCZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.97AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.85ASIRX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.89ASIMX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.89ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.63ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.67ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.67ASPYX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.89ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr
  0.68ACAYX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.64ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.64ACARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.68ACIZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.66CNEYX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.64CNEZX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.64AFGZX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.63AFGIX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr

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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.