Smallcap World Correlations

SCWFX Fund  USD 73.67  0.99  1.36%   
The current 90-days correlation between Smallcap World and Smallcap World Fund is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Smallcap World 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.

Smallcap World Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Smallcap World Fund and DJI is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Smallcap World Fund 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 Smallcap World Fund. 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 census.

Moving together with Smallcap Mutual Fund

  0.81AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.85AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.85AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.7CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  0.84AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.94AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.63TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.72ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.69ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.83ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.7NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.69BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.83CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.9CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.72CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.77WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.91WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.91FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.9FAETX American Funds 2030PairCorr

Moving against Smallcap Mutual Fund

  0.6AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.52EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.51EMGEX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Smallcap Mutual Fund performing well and Smallcap World 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 Smallcap World'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
SMCWX  0.80  0.04  0.05  0.12  0.76 
 1.49 
 5.95 
RLLGX  0.80  0.04  0.05  0.12  0.77 
 1.50 
 5.77 
RSLAX  0.84  0.08  0.08  0.14  0.76 
 1.49 
 6.86 
RMFGX  0.50  0.02 (0.07) 0.24  0.65 
 0.83 
 2.59 
AMFFX  0.59  0.08  0.06  0.21  0.54 
 0.85 
 6.39 
FNCFX  0.31  0.02 (0.05) 0.15  0.22 
 0.83 
 2.42 
NFFFX  0.69  0.12  0.12  0.22  0.59 
 1.46 
 6.40 
RNWGX  0.68  0.16  0.11  1.48  0.58 
 1.47 
 6.37 
NEWFX  0.68  0.09  0.09  0.20  0.63 
 1.34 
 6.37 
NWFFX  0.67  0.09  0.09  0.20  0.63 
 1.35 
 6.40