Mid Capitalization Correlations

SMIPX Fund  USD 13.07  0.01  0.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mid Capitalization and Mesirow Financial Small is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Mid Capitalization 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.

Mid Capitalization Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Mid Capitalization Portfolio 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 Mid Capitalization Portfolio and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Mid Mutual Fund

  0.94SABAX Salient Alternative BetaPairCorr
  0.94SABIX Aggressive BalancedPairCorr
  0.95SABCX Salient Alternative BetaPairCorr
  0.94SAMAX Moderately AggressivePairCorr
  0.95SAMCX Salient Mlp FundPairCorr
  0.94SAMIX Moderately AggressivePairCorr
  0.92SSCCX Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.94SSCPX Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.94SSCYX Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.94SBCCX Moderately ConservativePairCorr
  0.95SBMCX Moderate BalancedPairCorr
  0.94SBMIX Moderate BalancedPairCorr
  0.94STPAX Technology CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.94STPCX Technology CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.94STPIX Technology CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.87SCAAX Conservative BalancedPairCorr
  0.89SUMCX Conservative BalancedPairCorr
  0.74SFPCX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.78SFPAX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.78SFPIX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.93SLCGX Large CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.87SLCVX Large Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.93SLGCX Large CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.93SLGYX Large CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.89SLVCX Large Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.88SLVYX Large Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.93SMACX Moderately ConservativePairCorr

Moving against Mid Mutual Fund

  0.68SIBPX Investment Quality BondPairCorr
  0.64SIEYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.64SIECX International EquityPairCorr
  0.68SQBAX Investment Quality BondPairCorr
  0.68SQBCX Investment Quality BondPairCorr
  0.64SIEPX International EquityPairCorr

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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 Mid Mutual Fund performing well and Mid Capitalization 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 Mid Capitalization'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.