Smallcap World Correlations

SCWFX Fund  USD 74.58  1.19  1.57%   
The current 90-days correlation between Smallcap World and New World Fund is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Smallcap World Fund and DJI is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no 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 price.

Moving together with Smallcap Mutual Fund

  0.94AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.95AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.94AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.93TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.93EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.97NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.96BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95FAFWX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.96FAJTX American Funds 2055PairCorr
  0.96FAOTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  0.92GWPFX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.95FAWTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.94GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.96FBFWX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.97FCFWX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.93ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.97NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.8AFTEX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.95AGVEX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.98SMCWX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.97BLPFX American Funds BalancedPairCorr
  0.96IGAAX International Growth AndPairCorr
  0.98IGIFX International Growth AndPairCorr
  0.87DWGCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.83SCWCX American Fds SmallcapPairCorr
  0.85FSWFX American Funds SmallcapPairCorr
  0.85FSFWX American Funds SmallcapPairCorr
  1.0CSPFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.82CSPAX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.85CSPEX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.85RSLCX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  1.0RLLGX Smallcap WorldPairCorr

Moving against Smallcap Mutual Fund

  0.6ERH Allspring Utilities AndPairCorr

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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  0.76  0.15  0.14  0.60  0.58 
 1.46 
 6.57 
RLLGX  0.75  0.10  0.12  0.16  0.59 
 1.46 
 6.37 
RSLAX  0.77  0.11  0.13  0.17  0.57 
 1.46 
 7.47 
RMFGX  0.50  0.00 (0.03) 0.04  0.61 
 0.85 
 3.20 
AMFFX  0.57  0.13  0.11 (3.10) 0.52 
 0.87 
 7.65 
FNCFX  0.32  0.06  0.05  0.27  0.08 
 0.83 
 2.43 
NFFFX  0.63  0.18  0.24  0.34  0.26 
 1.61 
 7.09 
RNWGX  0.63  0.18  0.24  0.34  0.26 
 1.60 
 7.06 
NEWFX  0.64  0.20  0.25  1.05  0.29 
 1.60 
 7.07 
NWFFX  0.63  0.18  0.24  0.33  0.27 
 1.60 
 7.09