Small Cap Correlations

ANOYX Fund  USD 23.09  0.07  0.30%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Cap Growth and Dodge Cox Stock is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Small Cap 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 Cap Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Small Cap Growth and DJI is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Cap Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Small Cap 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Small Mutual Fund

  0.92AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.9AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.86TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.85TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.75TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.77TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.71TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.78TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.85TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.89TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.77TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.76TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.87TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.84TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.85TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.86TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.86TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.73NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Moving against Small Mutual Fund

  0.54TWMIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.53AMKIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.5TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.45TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.44TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.42TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.42TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.36CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.51ANVRX American Century NonPairCorr
  0.51ANVLX American Century NonPairCorr
  0.5ANTUX Nt Non IntrinsicPairCorr
  0.5ANVMX American Century NonPairCorr
  0.48TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.48ANTGX Nt Non IntrinsicPairCorr
  0.45TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.34ANTMX Nt International SmallPairCorr

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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   
TFCCXDOXGX
IAFLXLMUSX
TRSAXLMUSX
PLAAXTRSAX
TRSAXTFCCX
TRSAXDOXGX
  
High negative correlations   
FALCXPLAAX
FALCXTRSAX
FALCXIAFLX
FALCXTFCCX
FALCXLMUSX
FALCXDOXGX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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