Century Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Century Small Cap and Miller Vertible Bond is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Century 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.

Century Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Century Small Cap and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Century 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 Century 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 unemployment.

Moving together with CENTURY Mutual Fund

  0.83IMIDX Congress Mid Cap Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.83CMIDX Congress Mid Cap Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.91CSMVX Century Small CapPairCorr
  0.88VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.88VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.88VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.91VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.79JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.81JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.76JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.81JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.77LSHCX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.79OEPSX Oil Equipment ServicesPairCorr
  0.76LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.76LSHEX Kinetics Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.79OEPIX Oil Equipment ServicesPairCorr
  0.89MPHLX Massmutual Premier HighPairCorr
  0.68PGROX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.94WEMMX Teton Westwood MightyPairCorr
  0.88VYROX Voya Solution ModeratelyPairCorr
  0.66TGRKX Tiaa Cref GreenPairCorr
  0.77DSTIX Dreyfus Short TermPairCorr
  0.85ASMRX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.89VEUSX Vanguard European StockPairCorr
  0.74GMDPX Goldman Sachs ShortPairCorr
  0.9VLXVX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.86RIRFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.91FFCGX Fa 529 AggressivePairCorr
  0.9TVFVX Third Avenue ValuePairCorr
  0.82OSINX Oppenheimer Strat IncmPairCorr
  0.77OSIIX Oppenheimer Global StrtgcPairCorr
  0.86AOCIX One Choice PortfolioPairCorr

Moving against CENTURY Mutual Fund

  0.57CISGX Touchstone Sands CapitalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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