Perkins Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Perkins Small Cap and Wilmington Diversified Income is -0.18 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Perkins 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.

Perkins Small Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Perkins Small Cap and DJI is 0.66 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Perkins 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 Perkins 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 Perkins Mutual Fund

  0.8VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.79DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.91UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.92UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.92UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.83VSMCX Invesco Small CapPairCorr
  0.86DXQLX Direxion Monthly NasdaqPairCorr
  0.69RYVLX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.75RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.86CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.87CUSDX Six Circles UltraPairCorr
  0.65DBLSX Doubleline Low DurationPairCorr
  0.72WMT Walmart Common Stock Sell-off TrendPairCorr

Moving against Perkins Mutual Fund

  0.37INPSX Internet UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.36INPIX Internet UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.36MSFT Microsoft Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.31VZ Verizon Communications Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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