Driehaus Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Driehaus Small Cap and Driehaus Emerging Markets is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Driehaus 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.

Driehaus Small Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Driehaus Small Cap and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Driehaus Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Driehaus 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 population.

Moving together with Driehaus Mutual Fund

  0.96DMAGX Driehaus Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.99DMCRX Driehaus Micro CapPairCorr
  0.99DSMDX Driehaus Smallmid CapPairCorr
  1.0DVSMX Driehaus Small CapPairCorr
  0.84DEVDX Driehaus Event DrivenPairCorr
  0.98VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.97VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.97JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.97JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.97JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.97JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.97JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.84FTYPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.75FFBTX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.9GCAVX Gmo Small CapPairCorr
  0.65GQLOX Gmo Quality FundPairCorr
  0.74GHVIX Gmo High YieldPairCorr
  0.94GMCQX Gmo Equity AllocationPairCorr
  0.88DMA Destra Multi AlternativePairCorr
  0.93VBIAX Vanguard Balanced IndexPairCorr
  0.96VEIPX Vanguard Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.82LEOIX Lazard Enhanced OppoPairCorr
  0.86AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.98VGOSX Voya Large CapPairCorr
  0.94FAGIX Fidelity Capital IncomePairCorr
  0.93FSLBX Brokerage And InvestmentPairCorr
  0.7RRTMX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.81FSAHX Fidelity Short DurationPairCorr
  0.95FMILX Fidelity New MillenniumPairCorr

Moving against Driehaus Mutual Fund

  0.52DRIOX Driehaus InternationalPairCorr
  0.82GABFX Gmo Asset AllocationPairCorr
  0.54GAAVX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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