Vela Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vela Small Cap and Vela International is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Vela Small 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.

Vela Small Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Vela Small Cap and DJI is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vela Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vela Mutual Fund

  0.69VELAX Vela Large CapPairCorr
  0.69VELIX Vela Large CapPairCorr
  0.78VESAX Vela Small CapPairCorr
  0.81VIOAX Vela Income OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.83VIOIX Vela Income OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.84VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.91VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.85VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.92NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.89FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.95DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.82PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.81PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.81TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.82PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.75VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.87HSSAX Emerald Banking AndPairCorr
  0.8GAB Gabelli Equity TrustPairCorr
  0.72JHQCX Jpmorgan Hedged EquityPairCorr
  0.72TORIX Tortoise Mlp PipelinePairCorr
  0.62VWELX Vanguard WellingtonPairCorr
  0.72TORTX Tortoise Mlp PipelinePairCorr
  0.68CGRIX Calamos GrowthPairCorr
  0.82BTO John Hancock FinancialPairCorr

Moving against Vela Mutual Fund

  0.33PFHCX Pacific Funds SmallPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vela Mutual Fund performing well and Vela Small 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 Vela Small'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.