Small Cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Value and Value Fund Investor is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Small 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.

Small Cap Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Value and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Cap Value 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 Cap Value. 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

  0.62AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.81AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.87AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.91TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.9TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.9TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.92TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.64AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.88TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.62AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.84TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.92TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.67TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.96TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.92TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.66TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.79TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.65TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.9TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.9TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.89TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.87ANORX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.66TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.64TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.63TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.45CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.63TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.65TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.33ANVHX American Century NonPairCorr
  0.32ANVLX American Century NonPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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