Alger Smidcap Correlations

ASIMX Fund  USD 12.49  0.03  0.24%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Smidcap Focus and Blackrock Conservative Prprdptfinstttnl is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Alger Smidcap 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 Smidcap Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Alger Smidcap Focus and DJI is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Smidcap Focus and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  0.84AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.84AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.84AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97AOFYX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.97AOFIX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.97AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.97AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.91CHUSX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.92CHUCX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.89AAGOX Alger Large CapPairCorr
  0.87AAICX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.87AAIZX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.87AAIYX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98ASCYX Alger FundsPairCorr
  0.98ASCZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.99AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.99ASIRX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  1.0ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.88ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.88ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.88ASPYX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.88ASPIX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  1.0ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr
  0.73ABLOX Alger Balanced PortfolioPairCorr
  0.88ACAYX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.88ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.88ACARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.88ACAAX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.91ATVPX Alger 35 FundPairCorr
  0.88ACIZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.98ADOCX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.98ADOZX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.87CNEIX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.87CNEYX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.87CNEZX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.91AFGZX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Alger Mutual Fund

  0.34AFGPX Alger InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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