Small Cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Value and Lord Abbett Trust is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Small Cap 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 Cap Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Value Series and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Cap Value Series and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Small Cap Value Series. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  1.0LFSFX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  0.65LFRAX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.63LFRFX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.62LFRIX Floating RatePairCorr
  0.63LFRRX Lord Abbett InvPairCorr
  0.63LFROX Lord Abbett FloatingPairCorr
  1.0LFVAX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  1.0LFVCX Lord Abbett FocusedPairCorr
  0.75LGCAX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.75LGCFX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.72LGCCX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.75LGCRX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.76LGCOX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.75LGCVX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.76LGCYX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.73LGCWX Lord Abbett GlobalPairCorr
  0.87LGLCX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.85LGLAX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.85LGLFX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.87LGLIX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.85LGLOX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.85LGLSX L Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.87LGLQX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.87LGLUX L Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.85LGLVX L Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.87LGOFX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.87LGORX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.87LGOPX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.87LGOVX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.87LGOSX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.85LGOTX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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