Dunham Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dunham Small Cap and Firsthand Technology Opportunities is -0.09 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Dunham Small 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.

Dunham Small Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Dunham Small Cap and DJI is -0.09 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dunham Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Dunham Small Cap. 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 price.

Moving together with Dunham Mutual Fund

  1.0VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  1.0VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  1.0VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.95VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.98JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.98JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.98JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.98JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.97JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.64CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.64BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.82BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.67JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr

Moving against Dunham Mutual Fund

  0.71VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.62TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.59KO Coca ColaPairCorr
  0.54PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.52NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.49T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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