US Small Correlations

RUSC Etf   33.90  1.09  3.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between US Small Cap and Invesco DWA SmallCap is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of US Small 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.

US Small Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between US Small Cap and DJI is 0.94 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding US Small Cap 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 US Small Cap. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in main economic indicators.

Moving together with RUSC Etf

  0.99VB Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  1.0IJR iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.99IWM iShares Russell 2000 Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.99VRTIX Vanguard Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.99VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000PairCorr
  1.0FNDA Schwab Fundamental SmallPairCorr
  1.0SPSM SPDR Portfolio SPPairCorr
  1.0DFAS Dimensional Small CapPairCorr
  1.0VIOO Vanguard SP SmallPairCorr
  0.98PRFZ Invesco FTSE RAFIPairCorr
  0.83MUU Direxion Daily MUPairCorr
  0.83MULL GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.75AGQ ProShares Ultra SilverPairCorr
  0.87JNUG Direxion Daily JuniorPairCorr
  0.83GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.81KORU Direxion Daily SouthPairCorr
  0.88NUGT Direxion Daily GoldPairCorr
  0.79SHNY Microsectors GoldPairCorr
  0.91SIL Global X SilverPairCorr
  0.86SIVR abrdn Physical SilverPairCorr
  0.94AHYB American Century ETFPairCorr
  0.87RDIV Invesco SP UltraPairCorr
  0.93BINC BlackRock ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.97OASC OneAscent Small CapPairCorr
  0.94VBK Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.82MRK Merck Company Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.78XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.91AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.73CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr
  0.8JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.63HD Home DepotPairCorr

Moving against RUSC Etf

  0.72HPQ HP IncPairCorr

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US Small Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between RUSC Etf performing well and US Small ETF 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 US Small'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.