Dunham Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dunham Small Cap and Scharf Global Opportunity is -0.06 (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 -0.06 (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.
  
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Moving together with Dunham Mutual Fund

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  0.81DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.76UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
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  0.76UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.83AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.69AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.61BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr

Moving against Dunham Mutual Fund

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  0.71JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.66VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.45PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.32CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr

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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.