Mid Cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mid Cap Value and Select Fund A is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Mid 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.

Mid Cap Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Mid Cap Value and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mid 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 Mid 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 various price indices.

Moving together with Mid Mutual Fund

  0.83AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.99AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.72AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.82TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.93TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.82TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.8TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.93TWSMX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.92TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.74ANONX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.97ANOIX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.85ANTMX Nt International SmallPairCorr
  0.92AOMIX One Choice PortfolioPairCorr
  0.72BCHIX California High YieldPairCorr
  0.65BCHYX California High YieldPairCorr
  0.92ARCVX One Choice 2030PairCorr
  0.92ARGVX One Choice 2060PairCorr
  0.9AACCX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.98BEQGX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.96ASERX Select Fund RPairCorr
  0.93ASQIX Small Pany FundPairCorr
  1.0ASVIX Small Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.86ABHIX High Yield FundPairCorr
  0.98ACEVX International ValuePairCorr
  0.71ACECX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.82ACFNX Focused Dynamic GrowthPairCorr
  0.89ACGGX Global Gold Fund Steady GrowthPairCorr
  1.0ACIIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.98ACLCX Value Fund CPairCorr
  0.97ADCCX Disciplined GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Mid Mutual Fund

  0.43ACITX Inflation Adjusted BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mid Mutual Fund performing well and Mid 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 Mid 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.