Small Cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Value and Wells Fargo Short Term is -0.4 (i.e., Very good 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 0.69 (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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.72AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.82AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.64TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.65TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.61TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.76TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.71TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.61TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.65TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.64TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.65TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.98ANORX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.58CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.5TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.49TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.42TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.43TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.68TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.57ANVHX American Century NonPairCorr
  0.49ANVLX 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.