Small Cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Value and Dunham Large Cap is 0.07 (i.e., Significant 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Value and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.94AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.88AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.95AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.93TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.84TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.82TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.82TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.81TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.94AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.93AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.68TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.94AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.85TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.85TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.84TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.83TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.9TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.83TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.7TWSCX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.89TWSAX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.81TWSMX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.82TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.86TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.84TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.84TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.96ANORX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.64CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.64TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.61TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.59TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.52TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.52TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.36TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.69ANTUX Nt Non IntrinsicPairCorr
  0.69ANVMX American Century NonPairCorr
  0.69ANVHX American Century NonPairCorr
  0.68ANTGX Nt Non IntrinsicPairCorr
  0.54TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.52TGRIX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.42ANTMX Nt International SmallPairCorr
  0.31TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr

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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.