Conestoga Smid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Conestoga Smid Cap and Conestoga Small Cap is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Conestoga Smid 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.

Conestoga Smid Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Conestoga Smid Cap and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Conestoga Smid Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Conestoga Mutual Fund

  0.94CCASX Conestoga Small CapPairCorr
  0.94CCALX Conestoga Small CapPairCorr
  0.65CCMMX Conestoga Mid CapPairCorr
  0.65CCMAX Columbia Large CapPairCorr
  1.0CCSGX Conestoga Smid CapPairCorr
  0.82PCBIX Midcap Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.82PEMGX Midcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.83PMBCX Midcap Fund ClassPairCorr

Moving against Conestoga Mutual Fund

  0.37ERH Allspring Utilities AndPairCorr
  0.32RPIDX T Rowe PricePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Conestoga Mutual Fund performing well and Conestoga Smid 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 Conestoga Smid'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.