Small Company Correlations

ASQIX Fund  USD 15.88  0.04  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Pany Fund and Small Cap Value is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Small Company 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.

Small Company Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Small Pany Fund and DJI is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Pany Fund 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 Small Pany 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.89AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.91AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.88TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.83TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.76TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.74TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.82TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.9AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.9AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.75TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.9AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.75TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.87TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.88TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.94TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.61TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.87TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.89TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.88TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.73TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.88TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.77TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.74TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.36TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.34TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.33TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.33TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.38TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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