Alger Smallcap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Alger Smallcap Growth and Blrc Sgy Mnp is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Alger Smallcap 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 Smallcap Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Alger Smallcap Growth and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Smallcap Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  0.81AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.9AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.88AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.9AOFYX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.9AOFIX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.9AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.91AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  1.0ASCYX Alger FundsPairCorr
  0.99AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.98ASIRX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.84ASIMX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.84ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.8ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.86ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.86ASPYX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.87ASPIX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.75ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr
  0.61ABLOX Alger Balanced PortfolioPairCorr
  0.75ACAYX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.81ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.67ACARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.78ACAAX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.79ACIZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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