Oberweis Micro-cap Correlations

OBMCX Fund  USD 48.24  0.70  1.43%   
The current 90-days correlation between Oberweis Micro Cap and Oberweis Emerging Growth is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Oberweis Micro-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.

Oberweis Micro-cap Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Oberweis Micro Cap Fund and DJI is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Oberweis Micro Cap Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Oberweis Micro Cap Fund. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Oberweis Mutual Fund

  0.71OBGIX Oberweis Emerging GrowthPairCorr
  0.85OBSIX Oberweis Small CapPairCorr
  0.78OBSOX Oberweis Small CapPairCorr
  1.0OMCIX Oberweis Micro CapPairCorr
  0.93VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.93VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.91JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.91JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.91JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.91JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.91JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.83SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.83MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.82MLPMX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.82SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.93RGAGX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.83AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.85JDCAX Janus Forty FundPairCorr
  0.9CSDGX Copeland Smid CapPairCorr
  0.89TIGGX Goldman Sachs TaxPairCorr
  0.88MSVVX Mesirow Financial SmallPairCorr

Moving against Oberweis Mutual Fund

  0.57OBEMX Oberweis Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.56OIEMX Oberweis Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.53BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.53MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.46BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr

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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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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Oberweis Mutual Fund performing well and Oberweis Micro-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 Oberweis Micro-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.