Small Cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Core and Blackrock Health Sciences is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Small Cap 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 Cap Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Core and DJI is 0.55 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Cap Core and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Small Cap Core. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.84GCEAX Ab Global EPairCorr
  0.84GCECX Ab Global EPairCorr
  0.84GCEYX Ab Global EPairCorr
  0.62AMTAX Ab All MarketPairCorr
  0.62AMTZX Ab All MarketPairCorr
  0.62AMTYX Ab All MarketPairCorr
  0.62AMTOX Ab All MarketPairCorr
  0.97STEYX International StrategicPairCorr
  0.97STEZX International StrategicPairCorr
  0.97STESX International StrategicPairCorr
  0.96SCAVX Ab Small CapPairCorr
  0.96SCCVX Ab Small CapPairCorr
  0.86SCRSX Small Cap CorePairCorr
  1.0SCRZX Small Cap CorePairCorr
  0.96SCYVX Ab Small CapPairCorr
  0.96APGZX Ab Large CapPairCorr
  0.86APGYX Ab Large CapPairCorr
  0.96APGAX Ab Large CapPairCorr
  0.86APGCX Ab Large CapPairCorr
  0.82CHCLX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr
  0.97CHCIX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr
  0.97CHCCX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr
  0.97CHCYX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr
  0.83CHCZX Ab Discovery GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.51SUTAX Ab Sustainable ThematicPairCorr
  0.51SUTCX Ab Sustainable ThematicPairCorr
  0.51SUTZX Ab Sustainable ThematicPairCorr
  0.32ABNCX Ab Bond InflationPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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