Nuveen Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Nuveen Small Cap and American Century High is 0.39 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Nuveen 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.

Nuveen Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Nuveen Small Cap and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Nuveen Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Nuveen Mutual Fund

  0.99EMGRX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.98FRSLX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96NQCCX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.96NQCAX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.96FACSX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96NQCRX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.95FSCCX First American InvestmentPairCorr
  0.95FSCVX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.95FSCWX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.95FSCAX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.96FSEIX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.87FAQIX Nuveen Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.96FASEX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Nuveen Mutual Fund

  0.62FRKSX Nuveen Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.51FACCX Nuveen All AmericanPairCorr
  0.47FAARX Nuveen All AmericanPairCorr
  0.45FAAWX Nuveen All AmericanPairCorr
  0.75FALTX Nuveen Short TermPairCorr
  0.69FAFLX Nuveen Louisiana MunPairCorr
  0.69FAFJX Nuveen Limited TermPairCorr
  0.68FAFMX Nuveen Ohio MunicipalPairCorr
  0.66FAFOX Nuveen Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.41FAFNX Nuveen Michigan MunicipalPairCorr
  0.48FSFRX Nuveen Strategic IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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