Dfa Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dfa Small and Dfa Large is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Dfa 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.

Dfa Small Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Dfa Small and DJI is 0.38 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dfa Small 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 Dfa Small. 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 price.

Moving together with Dfa Mutual Fund

  0.82DREIX World Core EquityPairCorr
  0.89DRIIX Dimensional 2045 TargetPairCorr
  0.79DRIHX Dimensional 2040 TargetPairCorr
  0.65DRIGX Dimensional 2035 TargetPairCorr
  0.7DRIBX Dimensional 2010 TargetPairCorr
  0.86DRILX Dimensional 2060 TargetPairCorr
  0.9DRIKX Dimensional 2055 TargetPairCorr
  0.86DRIJX Dimensional 2050 TargetPairCorr
  0.99DAABX Dfa SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.73DSHGX Dfa Selectively HedgedPairCorr
  0.73DSSMX Dfa Selective StatePairCorr
  0.78DTDRX Dimensional 2065 TargetPairCorr
  0.61DCIBX Dfa Ca IntPairCorr
  0.93DURPX Us High RelativePairCorr
  0.9DUSQX Us Lg CapPairCorr
  0.9DUSLX Dfa LargePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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