Smallcap Growth Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Smallcap Growth and Blackrock Health Sciences is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Smallcap Growth 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.

Smallcap Growth Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Smallcap Growth Fund and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Smallcap Growth Fund 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 Smallcap Growth 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 estimate.

Moving together with Smallcap Mutual Fund

  0.93SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.93SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.94SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.76SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.92PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.61PFPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.83PFRSX Real Estate SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.84PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.83PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.82PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.64PGDRX Diversified Real AssetPairCorr
  0.77PGRUX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.9PGSLX Principal Global SusPairCorr
  0.78PGRKX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.94SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.79SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.95SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.61PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.62PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

Moving against Smallcap Mutual Fund

  0.4PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Smallcap Mutual Fund performing well and Smallcap Growth 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 Smallcap Growth'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.