Small Company Correlations

WSCGX Fund  USD 41.08  0.12  0.29%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Pany Growth and Wells Fargo Advantage is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Small Company 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.

Small Company Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Small Pany Growth and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Pany Growth 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 Small Pany Growth. 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 price.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.68SADAX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.66SADIX Wells Fargo UltraPairCorr
  0.74SSTHX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.97WSCOX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.86STAFX Wells Fargo LargePairCorr
  0.86STDFX Wells Fargo LargePairCorr
  1.0WSMCX Small Pany GrowthPairCorr
  0.86STOFX Wells Fargo LargePairCorr
  0.86STNFX Wells Fargo LargePairCorr
  0.96STSAX Wells Fargo MonPairCorr
  0.77STYIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.96SCNSX Wells Fargo MonPairCorr
  0.96SCSDX Wells Fargo MonPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.39WSGIX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.46STYAX Wells Fargo IncomePairCorr
  0.46MNTRX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.41MNSGX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr

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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   
EMGNXEMGYX
EMGAXEMGYX
EMGAXEMGNX
VMPAXDHICX
VMPAXVMPYX
SADIXSADAX
  
High negative correlations   
SADIXDHICX
SADAXDHICX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Small Mutual Fund performing well and Small Company 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 Small Company'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
DHICX  0.09  0.00 (0.39) 0.08  0.07 
 0.23 
 0.79 
VMPYX  0.10  0.00 (0.39) 0.22  0.04 
 0.23 
 0.79 
VMPAX  0.10  0.00 (0.37) 0.31  0.05 
 0.23 
 0.79 
SADAX  0.06  0.01 (0.77)(0.72) 0.00 
 0.11 
 0.46 
SADIX  0.06  0.01 (0.73)(1.37) 0.00 
 0.11 
 0.57 
EMGYX  0.67 (0.02)(0.08) 0.05  0.98 
 1.28 
 5.15 
EMGNX  0.67 (0.02)(0.08) 0.05  0.99 
 1.23 
 5.20 
EMGCX  0.65  0.01 (0.10) 0.01  0.98 
 1.27 
 5.16 
EMGAX  0.67 (0.02)(0.09) 0.05  0.97 
 1.28 
 5.16 
SSHIX  0.08  0.00 (0.70) 0.04  0.00 
 0.23 
 0.59