Baron Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Baron Small Cap and Access Flex High is 0.45 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Baron Small 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.

Baron Small Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Baron Small Cap and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Baron Small Cap 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 Baron Small Cap. 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 Baron Mutual Fund

  0.92BREIX Baron Real EstatePairCorr
  0.92BREFX Baron Real EstatePairCorr
  0.86BRIIX Baron Real EstatePairCorr
  0.96BSCFX Baron Small CapPairCorr
  0.95BARAX Baron Asset FundPairCorr
  0.98BARIX Baron Asset FundPairCorr
  0.95BGRIX Baron GrowthPairCorr
  0.95BGRFX Baron GrowthPairCorr
  0.77BHCHX Baron Health CarePairCorr
  0.75BHCFX Baron Health CarePairCorr
  0.89VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr

Moving against Baron Mutual Fund

  0.36BFGIX Baron Focused GrowthPairCorr
  0.36BFGFX Baron Focused GrowthPairCorr
  0.33BTEEX Baron Select FundsPairCorr
  0.33BTECX Baron Select FundsPairCorr
  0.33BTEUX Baron Select FundsPairCorr
  0.52PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.52PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.45BPTIX Baron PartnersPairCorr
  0.44BPTRX Baron PartnersPairCorr
  0.43GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Baron Mutual Fund performing well and Baron Small 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 Baron Small'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.