Midcap Growth Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Midcap Growth and Prudential Core Conservative is -0.08 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Midcap Growth 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.

Midcap Growth Correlation With Market

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Good diversification

The correlation between Midcap Growth Fund and DJI is -0.07 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Midcap Growth 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 Midcap Growth 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Midcap Mutual Fund

  0.66SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.79SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.77SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.68PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  1.0PFPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.95PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.95PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.95PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.98PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.69SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.79SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.67PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.76PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.76PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.76PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

Moving against Midcap Mutual Fund

  0.68STCCX Short Term IncomePairCorr
  0.65PGSLX Principal Global SusPairCorr
  0.65PYHIX High Yield FundPairCorr
  0.55PFIEX International EquityPairCorr
  0.55PGBLX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.53PGDIX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.52PFISX International Small PanyPairCorr
  0.52PFUMX Finisterre UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.52PGDCX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.51PGBAX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.68PICNX Income Fund RPairCorr
  0.55PIDIX International EquityPairCorr
  0.42PIEIX International EmergingPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Midcap Mutual Fund performing well and Midcap Growth 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 Midcap Growth'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.