Small-company Stock Correlations

HSCSX Fund  USD 24.10  0.06  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small-company Stock and Doubleline Emerging Markets is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Small-company Stock 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-company Stock Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Small Company Stock Fund and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Company Stock Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Small Company Stock Fund. 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 state.

Moving together with Small-company Mutual Fund

  0.92HNASX Growth Fund GrowthPairCorr
  0.88HSTIX Stock Index FundPairCorr
  0.94VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.98DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.95PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr

Moving against Small-company Mutual Fund

  0.82HOSGX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.81HOSBX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.79HOIBX Homestead IntermediatePairCorr
  0.65HISIX International EquityPairCorr
  0.99RYCQX Inverse Russell 2000 Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.81PMZPX Pimco Mortgage OpporPairCorr
  0.81MPIBX Bny Mellon IntermediatePairCorr
  0.79IVFAX Federated InternationalPairCorr
  0.71CEBRX Columbia Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.7ANDNX Aqr InternationalPairCorr
  0.69GLOIX Gamco Global OpportunityPairCorr
  0.65OSINX Oppenheimer Strat IncmPairCorr
  0.65PSDAX Short Duration MunicipalPairCorr
  0.61IIXAX Catalyst Insider IncomePairCorr
  0.59FMY First Trust MortgagePairCorr
  0.58NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.56IIXCX Catalyst Insider IncomePairCorr
  0.56GSIUX Goldman Sachs EmergingPairCorr
  0.55UTF Cohen And SteersPairCorr
  0.46ESPTX Ubs InternationalPairCorr
  0.37IPIMX Voya High YieldPairCorr
  0.99RYMHX Inverse Mid Cap Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.82DDCFX Doubleline Core FixedPairCorr
  0.81VUSSX Invesco Quality IncomePairCorr
  0.79LWSTX Western Asset ShortPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Small-company Mutual Fund performing well and Small-company Stock 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-company Stock'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.