Royce Smaller-companie Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Royce Smaller Companies and Lgm Risk Managed is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Royce Smaller-companie 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.

Royce Smaller-companie Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Royce Smaller Companies Growth and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Royce Smaller Companies Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with ROYCE Mutual Fund

  0.89RPFFX Royce PremierPairCorr
  0.91RSEFX Royce Special EquityPairCorr
  0.98RDVIX Royce Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.85RVVHX Royce Small CapPairCorr
  0.98RYDVX Royce Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.86RYOFX Royce OpportunityPairCorr
  0.87RYOTX Royce Micro CapPairCorr
  0.87RYPFX Royce Pennsylvania MutualPairCorr
  0.9RYPRX Royce PremierPairCorr
  0.87RYPNX Royce OpportunityPairCorr
  0.92RYSEX Royce Special EquityPairCorr
  0.95RYTFX Royce Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.95RYTRX Royce Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.84RYVFX Royce Small CapPairCorr
  1.0RYVPX Royce Smaller CompaniesPairCorr
  0.87RMCFX Royce Micro CapPairCorr
  0.87PENNX Royce Pennsylvania MutualPairCorr
  0.98VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.95VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.97JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.97JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.97JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.97JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.98JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr

Moving against ROYCE Mutual Fund

  0.64RYIPX Royce InternationalPairCorr
  0.63RIPNX Royce InternationalPairCorr
  0.63RIPIX Royce InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between ROYCE Mutual Fund performing well and Royce Smaller-companie 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 Royce Smaller-companie'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.