Mid Cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mid Cap Strategic and Western Asset Inflation is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Mid 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.

Mid Cap Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Mid Cap Strategic and DJI is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mid Cap Strategic and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Mid Mutual Fund

  0.91VSRDX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.67VCINX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.78VCSTX Science TechnologyPairCorr
  0.61VVSGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.7RRMGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.64PCBIX Midcap Fund InstitutionalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mid Mutual Fund performing well and Mid 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 Mid 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.