Small Company Correlations

DTSVX Fund  USD 26.52  0.28  1.04%   
The current 90-days correlation between Small Pany Value and Small Pany Value is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Small Company 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 Company Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Small Pany Value and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Small Pany Value and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Small Pany Value. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with SMALL Mutual Fund

  0.72WSMGX Small Pany GrowthPairCorr
  1.0WSMVX Small Pany ValuePairCorr
  0.62WFIVX Wilshire 5000 IndexPairCorr
  0.69WIORX Wilshire Income OpportPairCorr
  0.68WIOPX Wilshire Income OpportPairCorr
  0.62WINDX Wilshire 5000 IndexPairCorr
  0.91WLCVX Large Pany ValuePairCorr
  0.65WLCTX Wilshire InternationalPairCorr
  0.91DTLVX Large Pany ValuePairCorr
  0.72DTSGX Small Pany GrowthPairCorr
  0.98VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.98DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.72UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.64UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.73UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.97AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.75GDL Gdl Closed FundPairCorr
  0.63VTWIX Vanguard Total WorldPairCorr
  0.64SFNNX Schwab FundamentalPairCorr
  0.61QGRCX Oppenheimer Gbl AllocPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between SMALL Mutual Fund performing well and Small Company 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 Company'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
WSMVX  0.82 (0.05)(0.01) 0.05  0.79 
 2.17 
 7.51 
WSMGX  0.90 (0.03) 0.01  0.07  0.90 
 2.57 
 6.03 
DTSGX  0.91 (0.03) 0.01  0.07  0.90 
 2.58 
 5.99 
CRSH  1.86 (0.30) 0.00  0.39  0.00 
 4.01 
 9.56 
RHJSX  0.97  0.03  0.08  0.11  0.86 
 2.43 
 6.64 
GABBX  0.45 (0.02)(0.05) 0.06  0.43 
 1.38 
 4.12 
ARCX  6.19 (0.69) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 13.56 
 53.82 
LCAOX  0.38  0.01 (0.03) 0.11  0.43 
 0.88 
 3.34 
IMAY  0.26  0.00 (0.14) 0.08  0.25 
 0.52 
 1.87 
HICSX  0.55  0.03  0.02  0.13  0.62 
 1.16 
 3.69