Oberweis Emerging Correlations

OBEGX Fund  USD 28.50  0.07  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between Oberweis Emerging Growth and Oberweis Micro Cap Fund is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Oberweis Emerging 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.

Oberweis Emerging Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Oberweis Emerging Growth and DJI is 0.59 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Oberweis Emerging Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Oberweis Emerging 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 price.

Moving together with Oberweis Mutual Fund

  1.0OBGIX Oberweis Emerging GrowthPairCorr
  0.98OBMCX Oberweis Micro CapPairCorr
  0.96OBSIX Oberweis Small CapPairCorr
  0.91OBSOX Oberweis Small CapPairCorr
  0.91OMCIX Oberweis Micro CapPairCorr
  0.95FSWFX American Funds SmallcapPairCorr
  0.95FSFWX American Funds SmallcapPairCorr
  0.88SCWCX American Fds SmallcapPairCorr
  0.89SCWFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.79SMCWX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.88CSPFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.95CSPAX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.95CSPEX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.95RSLCX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.89RLLGX Smallcap WorldPairCorr

Moving against Oberweis Mutual Fund

  0.68OBCHX Oberweis China OpporPairCorr
  0.68OCHIX Oberweis China OpporPairCorr
  0.65OFIGX Oberweis FundsPairCorr
  0.49OBIIX Oberweis InternationalPairCorr
  0.39OBIOX Oberweis InternationalPairCorr
  0.88DPFAX Deer Park TotalPairCorr
  0.81HOSGX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.73GSRUX Goldman Sachs InflationPairCorr
  0.7DBLLX Doubleline Low DurationPairCorr
  0.68ANDNX Aqr InternationalPairCorr
  0.66FRACX Touchstone FlexiblePairCorr
  0.63CTIVX Columbia Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.48PYGFX Payden Global FixedPairCorr
  0.47FCEEX Franklin Fund AllocatorPairCorr
  0.42MMIIX Mfs Municipal HighPairCorr
  0.33PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.32XPPRX Voya Prime RatePairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Oberweis Mutual Fund performing well and Oberweis Emerging 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 Oberweis Emerging'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.