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AOFYX Fund  USD 22.33  0.16  0.71%   
Slightly above 62% of Alger Small's investor base is looking to short. The analysis of overall sentiment of trading Alger Small Cap mutual fund suggests that many investors are alarmed at this time. Alger Small's investing sentiment can be driven by a variety of factors including economic data, Alger Small's earnings reports, geopolitical events, and overall market trends.
  
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Alger Small Fundamental Analysis

We analyze Alger Small's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Alger Small using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Alger Small based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this mutual fund, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.

Five Year Return

Five Year Return Comparative Analysis

Alger Small is currently under evaluation in five year return among similar funds. Five Year Return is considered one of the best measures to evaluate fund performance, especially from the mid and long term perspective. It shows the total annualized return generated from holding equity for the last five years and represents capital appreciation of the investment, including all dividends, losses, and capital gains distributions.

Alger Small Cap Potential Pair-trading

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Alger Small mutual fund to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Alger Small could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Alger Small by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.

Other Information on Investing in Alger Mutual Fund

Alger Small financial ratios help investors to determine whether Alger Mutual Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Alger with respect to the benefits of owning Alger Small security.
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