Harbor Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Harbor Small Cap and Harbor International Small is 0.28 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Harbor 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.

Harbor Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Harbor 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 Harbor Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Harbor 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 real.

Moving together with Harbor Mutual Fund

  0.93HIISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.98HMCLX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98HMCNX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98HMCRX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94HNCVX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.86ESCWX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.9ESCQX Embark Small CapPairCorr
  0.98HNINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.93HNISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.85HNICX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.95HNIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.93HNMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.79HNLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.89HNSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  1.0HNVRX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.9ECSWX Embark Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.9ECSQX Embark Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.8HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.94HRCSX Harbor Vertible SecuPairCorr
  0.95HRIDX Harbor DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.98HRINX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.93HRISX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.99HRMVX Harbor Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97HRLVX Harbor Large CapPairCorr
  0.89HRSGX Harbor Small CapPairCorr
  0.96HAONX Harbor OverseasPairCorr
  0.97HAORX Harbor OverseasPairCorr
  0.97HAOSX Harbor OverseasPairCorr
  0.83HSICX Harbor InternationalPairCorr
  0.8HBFRX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.77HCBRX Harbor Core BondPairCorr
  0.95VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.98DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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