Alger Small Correlations

AOFYX Fund  USD 21.46  0.55  2.63%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Small Cap and Tiaa Cref Lifestyle Conservative is 0.64 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Alger Small 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.

Alger Small Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Alger Small Cap and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Alger Small Cap. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  1.0AOFIX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  1.0AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  1.0AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.66CHUSX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.65CHUCX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.91ASCYX Alger FundsPairCorr
  0.91ASCZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.91AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.9ASIRX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.81ASIMX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.81ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.69ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.61ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.63ASPIX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.81ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr
  0.65ACAYX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.7ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.68ACARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.7ACAAX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.7ACIZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.66AFGZX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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