Dana Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dana Small Cap and Intal High Relative is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Dana 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.

Dana Small Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dana Small Cap and DJI is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dana 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 Dana 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Dana Mutual Fund

  0.75DLCIX Dana Large CapPairCorr
  0.75DLCEX Dana Large CapPairCorr
  0.87ESGIX Dana Epiphany EsgPairCorr
  0.9VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.98VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.89JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.9JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.89JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.9JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.85JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.75WHIYX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.76IVHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.71IHIFX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.79WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.8WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr

Moving against Dana Mutual Fund

  0.73VFIIX Vanguard GnmaPairCorr
  0.71GIBLX Guggenheim Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.61NCMFX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.56AIDYX Diversified MunicipalPairCorr
  0.54MEMGX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.51VGCAX Vanguard Global CreditPairCorr
  0.44SIYYX Simt High YieldPairCorr
  0.36REEAX Rbc Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.82MWLIX Metropolitan West LowPairCorr
  0.81IFTAX Vy Templeton ForeignPairCorr
  0.73MWERX Metwest Esg SecuritizedPairCorr
  0.7BMOAX Blackrock Bond IndexPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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