Small Midcap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Small Midcap Dividend and Fulcrum Diversified Absolute is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Small Midcap 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 Midcap Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Small Midcap Dividend Income and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Midcap Dividend Income 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 Small Midcap Dividend Income. 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 Small Mutual Fund

  0.75SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.76SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.75SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.75PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.89PFIEX International EquityPairCorr
  0.82PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.82PFISX International Small PanyPairCorr
  0.75PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.75SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.82PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.75SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.8PFUMX Finisterre UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.87PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.87PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.87PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.79PGDRX Diversified Real AssetPairCorr
  0.83PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.78STCCX Short Term IncomePairCorr
  0.87PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.78SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.79SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.77SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.86PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.81PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.89PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.89PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.8PHJNX Principal Lifetime Hybrid Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.76PHJQX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.83PHJJX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.8PHJYX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.59PGBAX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.53PGBLX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.38PFRSX Real Estate SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.61PGDCX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.55PGDIX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.51PGSLX Principal Global SusPairCorr
  0.36PGRUX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.34PGRKX Global Real EstatePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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