Ivy Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Ivy Small Cap and Ivy Large Cap is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Ivy 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.

Ivy Small Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Ivy Small Cap and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ivy 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 Ivy 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 census.

Moving together with Ivy Mutual Fund

  0.74ILGRX Ivy Large CapPairCorr
  0.82WRGCX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.86WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.92WSCYX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.89WSGRX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.66WASCX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.71WASYX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.75INPEX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.68INRSX Ivy Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.66WTRCX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.73WCEYX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.63IRSCX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.72IRSEX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.68IASTX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.67IASRX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.92ISPVX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.8IBARX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.84WHIYX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.81IBNYX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.82IBNCX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.73ITGRX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.74ICEQX Ivy E EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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