Small Cap Correlations

ASVIX Fund  USD 9.14  0.13  1.44%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Value and Small Cap Growth is 0.84 (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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Value and DJI is 0.32 (i.e., Weak 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

  0.76AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.9AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.98AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.92TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.95TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.86TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.94TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.96TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.67TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.67TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.99AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.92AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.99AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.99TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.99TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.73TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.95TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.94TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.97TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.96TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.88TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.88TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.72TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.7TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.67TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.99TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.84TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.83TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.7TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.73NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.4ANOHX 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  1.14  0.10  0.09  0.17  1.15 
 2.09 
 9.22 
ANONX  1.03 (0.04)(0.01) 0.06  1.25 
 2.09 
 5.20 
BDSAX  1.04  0.01 (0.04) 0.13  1.30 
 2.13 
 5.53 
BDSCX  1.07 (0.04)(0.01) 0.06  1.32 
 2.15 
 5.57 
BDSIX  1.07 (0.04) 0.00  0.06  1.32 
 2.17 
 5.54 
STLYX  0.55 (0.02)(0.05) 0.07  0.65 
 1.04 
 2.53 
TMLCX  0.54  0.00 (0.03) 0.09  0.63 
 1.03 
 2.48 
SVFFX  0.74  0.02 (0.04) 0.15  0.94 
 1.90 
 3.79 
SVFDX  0.74 (0.03)(0.03) 0.06  0.94 
 1.91 
 3.77 
SVFKX  0.74 (0.03)(0.03) 0.06  0.90 
 1.90 
 3.78