Nuveen Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Nuveen Small Cap and Nuveen Small Cap is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Nuveen Small 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.

Nuveen Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Nuveen Small Cap and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Nuveen Small Cap 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 Nuveen Small Cap. 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 census.

Moving together with Nuveen Mutual Fund

  0.99EMGRX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  1.0FRMPX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.97FRSLX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92NQCCX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.92NQCAX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.93FACSX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92NQCRX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.65NQGCX Nuveen Nwq GlobalPairCorr
  0.63NQGAX Nuveen Nwq GlobalPairCorr
  0.64NQGIX Nuveen Nwq GlobalPairCorr
  0.95FSCCX First American InvestmentPairCorr
  0.95FSCVX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.95FSCWX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.95FSCAX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.93FSEIX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.88FAQIX Nuveen Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.93FASEX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Nuveen Mutual Fund

  0.76FAFMX Nuveen Ohio MunicipalPairCorr
  0.73FAFLX Nuveen Louisiana MunPairCorr
  0.72FAFOX Nuveen Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.72FAFJX Nuveen Limited TermPairCorr
  0.69FRKSX Nuveen Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.51FACCX Nuveen All AmericanPairCorr
  0.43FAAWX Nuveen All AmericanPairCorr
  0.42FAARX Nuveen All AmericanPairCorr
  0.39FAFNX Nuveen Michigan MunicipalPairCorr
  0.54FALTX Nuveen Short TermPairCorr
  0.34NAAGX Nuveen MassachusettsPairCorr
  0.31NAAFX Nuveen Nebraska MunicipalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Nuveen Mutual Fund performing well and Nuveen Small 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 Nuveen Small'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.