Alger Smallcap Correlations

ASIRX Fund  USD 11.56  0.17  1.49%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Smallcap Growth and Alger Emerging Markets is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Alger Smallcap Growth and DJI is 0.73 (i.e., Poor 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

  0.89AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.87AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.89AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92AOFYX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.92AOFIX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.93AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.92AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.82CHUSX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.82CHUCX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.88AAGOX Alger Large CapPairCorr
  0.9AAICX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.9AAIZX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.96ASCYX Alger FundsPairCorr
  0.96ASCZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.97AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.95ASIMX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.95ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.88ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.88ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.88ASPYX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.95ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr
  0.78ABLOX Alger Balanced PortfolioPairCorr
  0.89ACAYX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.88ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.88ACARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.88ACAAX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.83ATVPX Alger 35 FundPairCorr
  0.89ACIZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.89CNEYX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.89CNEZX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.82AFGZX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.76AFGPX Alger InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Alger Mutual Fund

  0.4CNEIX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
AMGAX  0.98 (0.08) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.73 
 5.86 
AMGCX  0.98 (0.09) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.71 
 5.89 
AMGOX  0.99 (0.08) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.74 
 5.95 
AOFYX  1.33 (0.05)(0.02) 0.02  1.84 
 2.42 
 7.95 
AOFIX  1.33 (0.05)(0.02) 0.02  1.85 
 2.43 
 7.98 
AOFAX  1.33 (0.05)(0.02) 0.02  1.84 
 2.42 
 7.97 
AOFCX  1.34 (0.05)(0.02) 0.02  1.85 
 2.44 
 8.00 
CHUSX  0.98  0.12  0.09  0.21  1.01 
 2.00 
 10.13 
CHUCX  1.01  0.14  0.11  0.25  0.98 
 2.00 
 11.79 
AAEMX  0.67  0.12  0.11  0.25  0.60 
 1.69 
 3.83