Westwood Smidcap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Westwood Smidcap and Federated Municipal Ultrashort is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Westwood Smidcap 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.

Westwood Smidcap Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Westwood Smidcap Fund and DJI is -0.13 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Westwood Smidcap Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Westwood Smidcap 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 population.

Moving together with Westwood Mutual Fund

  0.74WWLAX Westwood Largecap ValuePairCorr
  0.85WWMCX Ultimus Managers TrustPairCorr
  0.85WWSMX Westwood Quality SmidcapPairCorr
  0.83WWSYX Westwood Quality SmallcapPairCorr
  0.97WHGSX Westwood Smallcap ValuePairCorr
  0.97WHGCX Westwood Quality SmallcapPairCorr
  0.97WHGAX Westwood Quality SmallcapPairCorr
  0.75WHGLX Westwood Largecap ValuePairCorr
  0.81WQAIX Westwood Quality AllcapPairCorr
  0.83WQAUX Westwood Quality AllcapPairCorr
  0.84VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.8VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.84VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.84NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.83DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.84PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.84PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.84TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.79PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr

Moving against Westwood Mutual Fund

  0.46WMNIX Westwood Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.38WMNAX Westwood AlternativePairCorr
  0.39INTIX Voya International IndexPairCorr
  0.38AEDVX Emerging Markets DebtPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Westwood Mutual Fund performing well and Westwood Smidcap 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 Westwood Smidcap'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.