Small-midcap Dividend Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Small Midcap Dividend and Smallcap Fund Fka is 0.68 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Small-midcap Dividend 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 Dividend Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Small Midcap Dividend Income and DJI is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no 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.
  
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Moving together with Small-midcap Mutual Fund

  0.88SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.94PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.96PFISX International Small PanyPairCorr
  0.94PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.9PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.84PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.92PGDRX Diversified Real AssetPairCorr
  0.89SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.93PHJJX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.93PHJYX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.91PHJTX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.93PHTMX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.93PHTNX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.93PHTYX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.93PHYFX High Yield FundPairCorr
  0.96PIIIX Diversified InternationalPairCorr
  0.96PIIQX International EquityPairCorr
  0.93PINZX Overseas Fund InstitPairCorr
  0.86PLFMX Largecap Sp 500PairCorr
  0.94PLHHX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.94PLMTX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.93PLRRX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.88PMBCX Midcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.98PMDDX Small Midcap DividendPairCorr
  0.98PMDAX Small Midcap DividendPairCorr
  0.79PMRIX Government High QualityPairCorr
  0.85CMNWX Principal CapitalPairCorr
  0.78CMPGX Government High QualityPairCorr
  0.93PPNPX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.94PPREX Preferred SecuritiesPairCorr

Moving against Small-midcap Mutual Fund

  0.34PIFPX Inflation ProtectionPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Small-midcap Mutual Fund performing well and Small-midcap Dividend 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 Dividend'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.