Royce Total Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Royce Total Return and Old Westbury Municipal is -0.28 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Royce Total 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.

Royce Total Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Royce Total Return and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Royce Total Return and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Royce Mutual Fund

  0.97RPFFX Royce PremierPairCorr
  0.97RSEFX Royce Special EquityPairCorr
  0.96RVPHX Royce Smaller CompaniesPairCorr
  0.95RVVHX Royce Small CapPairCorr
  0.95RYDVX Royce Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.97RYOFX Royce OpportunityPairCorr
  0.97RYOTX Royce Micro CapPairCorr
  0.96RYPFX Royce Pennsylvania MutualPairCorr
  0.97RYPRX Royce PremierPairCorr
  0.97RYSEX Royce Special EquityPairCorr
  1.0RYTFX Royce Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.95RYVFX Royce Small CapPairCorr
  0.96RYVPX Royce Smaller CompaniesPairCorr
  0.98VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.99DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.99DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.98UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.98UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.98UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.99AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.69FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.91SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.91MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.91MLPMX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.91SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.91AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.94DFMAX Davidson Multi CapPairCorr
  0.96AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.9VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.89MLMAX Global E PortfolioPairCorr

Moving against Royce Mutual Fund

  0.65BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.65BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.65MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Royce Mutual Fund performing well and Royce Total 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 Royce Total'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.