Jacob Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Jacob Small Cap and Telecommunications Fund Investor is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Jacob 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.

Jacob Small Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Jacob Small Cap and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Jacob 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 Jacob 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 price.

Moving together with Jacob Mutual Fund

  0.83JSCGX Jacob Small CapPairCorr
  0.81JMCGX Jacob Micro CapPairCorr
  0.81JMIGX Jacob Micro CapPairCorr
  0.68VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.68VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.68VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.82VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.85JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.83JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.85JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.85JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.85JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.79VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.74VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.74VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.76VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.71VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.8VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.75VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.77VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.75VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.71VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.78PRVYX Putnam Retirement ReadyPairCorr
  0.85HIMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.76VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.78JNYAX Jpmorgan SmartretirementPairCorr
  0.7VPSAX Voya Index SolutionPairCorr
  0.81FQTEX Franklin Strategic SeriesPairCorr
  0.8HCYIX Direxion Hilton TacticalPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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TOPCRYMIX
TOPCEBUF
RYRHXTOPC
RYRHXRYMIX
EBUFRYMIX
  

High negative correlations

GWILXRYMIX
TOPCGWILX
EBUFICOI
WDAFTOPC
EBUFGWILX
TOPCICOI

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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