Small Cap Correlations

ASVIX Fund  USD 8.90  0.06  0.68%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Value and Small Cap Growth is 0.83 (i.e., Very 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Value and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.67AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.89AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.8AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.98TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.94TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.93TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.86TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.79TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.61TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.99AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.99AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.92AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.99TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.99TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.82TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.95TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.93TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.9TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.89TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.85TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.73TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.72TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.63TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.83TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.92TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.9TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.64TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.7NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr
  0.96ANORX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.41ANOHX American Century SmallPairCorr

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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
ANOIX  1.13  0.16  0.08  1.79  1.15 
 2.09 
 9.22 
ANONX  1.03 (0.04)(0.01) 0.03  1.26 
 2.09 
 5.20 
BDSAX  1.04 (0.06)(0.03) 0.01  1.30 
 2.13 
 5.53 
BDSCX  1.05 (0.06)(0.03) 0.01  1.32 
 2.15 
 5.57 
BDSIX  1.06 (0.04)(0.01) 0.03  1.33 
 2.17 
 5.54 
STLYX  0.51 (0.01)(0.03) 0.04  0.67 
 1.04 
 2.53 
TMLCX  0.50  0.00 (0.02) 0.06  0.63 
 1.03 
 2.48 
SVFFX  0.73 (0.06)(0.06)(0.01) 0.99 
 1.90 
 3.79 
SVFDX  0.74  0.01 (0.04) 0.11  0.93 
 1.91 
 3.77 
SVFKX  0.73 (0.06)(0.06)(0.01) 0.94 
 1.90 
 3.78