Oberweis Emerging Correlations

OBGIX Fund  USD 25.04  1.61  6.04%   
The current 90-days correlation between Oberweis Emerging Growth and Putnam Convertible Securities is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Oberweis Emerging 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.

Oberweis Emerging Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Oberweis Emerging Growth and DJI is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Oberweis Emerging Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Oberweis Mutual Fund

  0.7OBEGX Oberweis Emerging GrowthPairCorr
  0.74OBMCX Oberweis Micro CapPairCorr
  0.97OBSIX Oberweis Small CapPairCorr
  0.97OBSOX Oberweis Small CapPairCorr
  0.99OMCIX Oberweis Micro CapPairCorr
  0.65FSWFX American Funds SmallcapPairCorr
  0.97FSFWX American Funds SmallcapPairCorr
  0.65SCWCX American Fds SmallcapPairCorr
  0.97SCWFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.65SMCWX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.97CSPFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.97CSPAX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.97CSPEX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.65RSLCX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.65RLLGX Smallcap WorldPairCorr

Moving against Oberweis Mutual Fund

  0.6OCHIX Oberweis China OpporPairCorr
  0.55OFIGX Oberweis FundsPairCorr
  0.83VFIJX Vanguard GnmaPairCorr
  0.82RRFIX Federated Real ReturnPairCorr
  0.82VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.71DBLSX Doubleline Low DurationPairCorr
  0.65XNCVX Allianzgi ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.61HWDCX Hartford WorldPairCorr
  0.52SRMAX Deutsche Short TermPairCorr
  0.39XGNTX Gamco Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.33TROSX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.94BRPIX Bear Profund Bear Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.82BAISX Brown Advisory SustaPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Oberweis Mutual Fund performing well and Oberweis Emerging 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 Oberweis Emerging'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.