Alger Smidcap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Alger Smidcap Focus and Lincoln Inflation Plus is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Alger 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.

Alger Smidcap Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Alger Smidcap Focus and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Smidcap Focus and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  0.68AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.68AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.67AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.71AOFYX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.71AOFIX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.71AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.71AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.64CHUSX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.63CHUCX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.67ASCYX Alger FundsPairCorr
  0.66ASCZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.65AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.66ASIRX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  1.0ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  1.0ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr
  0.65ADOCX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.66ADOZX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.64AFGZX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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