Alger Capital Correlations

ALAFX Fund  USD 94.53  0.95  1.02%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Capital Apprec and Alger Capital Appreciation is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Alger Capital 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.

Alger Capital Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Alger Capital Appreciation and DJI is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Capital Appreciation and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  0.99AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.99AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.85AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.94AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.99CHUCX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.76ASCZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.87ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  1.0CNEYX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  1.0CNEZX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.85AFGZX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  1.0SPECX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.87ALCFX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Alger Mutual Fund performing well and Alger Capital 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 Alger Capital'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.