Small Cap Correlations

ASVGX Fund  USD 9.90  0.06  0.60%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Value and Select Fund Investor is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Small Cap 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.

Small Cap Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Value and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Cap Value 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 Small Cap Value. 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 census.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.87AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.97AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  1.0AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.8AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.85TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.98TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.93TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.89TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.91TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.92TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.82TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.87TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  1.0AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  1.0AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.65TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  1.0AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.98TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.99TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.91TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.91TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.95TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.84TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.95TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.82TWMIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.93TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.82TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.83TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.95TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.94TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.94TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.91TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.84TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  1.0TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.88TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.89TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.86TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.84TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.88NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.31TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Small Mutual Fund performing well and Small Cap 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 Small Cap'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
AMDVX  0.58  0.11  0.12  0.25  0.37 
 1.54 
 3.69 
AMEIX  0.79  0.19  0.17  0.42  0.56 
 1.51 
 13.91 
AMGIX  0.66  0.21  0.27  0.40  0.00 
 1.60 
 8.67 
CDBCX  0.14  0.00 (0.42) 0.08  0.10 
 0.22 
 0.76 
AMKIX  0.73  0.18  0.12  1.87  0.53 
 1.82 
 4.05 
TWACX  0.05  0.00 (0.80) 0.01  0.00 
 0.11 
 0.33 
TWADX  0.64  0.32  0.39 (4.20) 0.00 
 1.40 
 8.85 
TWCCX  1.16  0.26  0.18  0.80  0.82 
 2.10 
 26.20 
TWCAX  0.95  0.15  0.04 (0.94) 0.99 
 1.81 
 15.17 
TWCIX  0.92  0.10  0.05  0.27  0.95 
 1.83 
 14.35