Dean Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dean Small Cap and Live Oak Health is 0.46 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Dean 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.

Dean Small Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dean Small Cap and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dean Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dean Mutual Fund

  0.7DAEIX Unified Series TrustPairCorr
  0.69DALCX Dean Mid CapPairCorr
  0.7VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.7VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.68DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.68DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.61UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.81PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.62DWTFX Arrow Dwa TacticalPairCorr
  0.68PGSLX Principal Global SusPairCorr
  0.63TWQAX Transamerica Large CapPairCorr
  0.63RYROX Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.72FRDEX Fidelity SustainablePairCorr
  0.74FSDIX Fidelity StrategicPairCorr
  0.78WELNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.76TEQSX Tiaa Cref EmergingPairCorr
  0.73JAARX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.79HGXFX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr

Moving against Dean Mutual Fund

  0.46TCSUX Cleartrack 2020 ClassPairCorr
  0.45TCTGX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.45TCTJX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.44TDKTX Cleartrack 2015 ClassPairCorr
  0.67CESGX Coho Relative ValuePairCorr
  0.67UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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