Small Company Correlations

SCVNX Fund  USD 38.05  0.14  0.37%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Pany Value and Technology Ultrasector Profund is 0.42 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Small Company 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 Company Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Small Pany Value and DJI is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Pany Value 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 Pany Value. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.98WSCGX Small Pany GrowthPairCorr
  0.98WSCOX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.63WARCX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.91STAFX Wells Fargo LargePairCorr
  0.91STDFX Wells Fargo LargePairCorr
  0.94WSMCX Small Pany GrowthPairCorr
  0.88STOFX Wells Fargo LargePairCorr
  0.91STNFX Wells Fargo LargePairCorr
  0.73STYAX Wells Fargo IncomePairCorr
  0.98SCNSX Wells Fargo MonPairCorr
  0.62SCTCX California Tax FreePairCorr
  0.98SCSDX Wells Fargo MonPairCorr
  0.97SCSAX Wells Fargo MonPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.47SADIX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.4SSHIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.35SADAX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.46WSGIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.41MNSGX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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