Small Company Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Small Pany Growth and Mid Cap Growth is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Small Company 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 Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Small Pany Growth and DJI is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Pany Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Small Pany Growth. 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 population.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.75MLMAX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.76MLMCX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.74MLMIX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.74MLMSX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.61MLNCX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.91MMCGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.85MPEGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.74MAAUX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.74MAAOX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.8MADSX Msif Advantage PortPairCorr
  0.91MACGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.74MORGX Morgan Stanley MortgagePairCorr
  0.61TILUX Inflation Linked FixedPairCorr
  0.57DINCX Global Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.56DINAX Global Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.54DINDX Global Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.51TIEUX International EquityPairCorr
  0.46MRJIX Real Assets PortfolioPairCorr
  0.46MRJSX Real Assets PortfolioPairCorr
  0.57MAIHX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.57MSACX Active InternationalPairCorr
  0.55MAIJX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.54MSAAX Active InternationalPairCorr
  0.52MSBOX Corporate Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.34MSDKX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.33MSDFX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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