Royce Smaller-companie Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Royce Smaller Companies and Royce Small Cap Value is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Royce Smaller-companie 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.

Royce Smaller-companie Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Royce Smaller Companies 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 Royce Smaller Companies Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Royce Mutual Fund

  0.88RPFFX Royce PremierPairCorr
  0.77RSEFX Royce Special EquityPairCorr
  0.85RDVIX Royce Dividend ValuePairCorr
  1.0RVPHX Royce Smaller CompaniesPairCorr
  0.86RVVHX Royce Small CapPairCorr
  0.85RYDVX Royce Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.63RYIPX Royce InternationalPairCorr
  0.93RYOFX Royce OpportunityPairCorr
  0.89RYOTX Royce Micro CapPairCorr
  0.89RYPFX Royce Pennsylvania MutualPairCorr
  0.88RYPRX Royce PremierPairCorr
  0.93RYPNX Royce OpportunityPairCorr
  0.77RYSEX Royce Special EquityPairCorr
  0.93RYTFX Royce Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.87RYTRX Royce Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.86RYVFX Royce Small CapPairCorr
  0.63RIPNX Royce InternationalPairCorr
  0.62RIPIX Royce InternationalPairCorr
  0.89RMCFX Royce Micro CapPairCorr
  0.89PENNX Royce Pennsylvania MutualPairCorr
  0.86VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94VISGX Vanguard Small Cap Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.83VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.83VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.89JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.88JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.89JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.87JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.89JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.74WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.74WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.75IHIFX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.75IVHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr

Moving against Royce Mutual Fund

  0.39PAIDX Pimco Short AssetPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Royce Mutual Fund performing well and Royce Smaller-companie 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 Royce Smaller-companie'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.