Royce Smaller-companie Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Royce Smaller Companies and Royce Small Cap Value is 0.77 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Royce Smaller Companies Growth and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor 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

  0.95RPFFX Royce PremierPairCorr
  0.75RSEFX Royce Special EquityPairCorr
  0.97RDVIX Royce Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.96RVPHX Royce Smaller CompaniesPairCorr
  0.91RVVHX Royce Small CapPairCorr
  0.97RYDVX Royce Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.97RYOFX Royce OpportunityPairCorr
  0.96RYOTX Royce Micro CapPairCorr
  0.96RYPFX Royce Pennsylvania MutualPairCorr
  0.95RYPRX Royce PremierPairCorr
  0.97RYPNX Royce OpportunityPairCorr
  0.78RYSEX Royce Special EquityPairCorr
  0.98RYTFX Royce Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.92RYTRX Royce Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.91RYVFX Royce Small CapPairCorr
  0.93RMCFX Royce Micro CapPairCorr
  0.93PENNX Royce Pennsylvania MutualPairCorr
  0.95VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.91VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.91VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.99JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.99JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.99JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.99JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.94JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr

Moving against Royce Mutual Fund

  0.69FTELOX FteloxPairCorr

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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.