Small Company Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Small Pany Value and Small Pany Growth is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Small Company 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.

Small Company Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Small Pany Value and DJI is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Pany Value 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 Small Pany Value. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.89VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.89VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.91DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.87DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.97UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.94AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.81RSNYX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.81RSNRX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.81RGNCX Victory Global NaturalPairCorr
  0.87RMQAX Monthly RebalancePairCorr
  0.86RMQHX Monthly RebalancePairCorr
  0.78INTC IntelPairCorr
  0.71CVX Chevron Corp Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.88HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.83XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.84TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.7VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.78BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.41PFE Pfizer Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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