Hodges Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hodges Small Cap and Hodges Fund Retail is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Hodges 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.

Hodges Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Hodges Small Cap and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hodges Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Hodges 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 state.

Moving together with Hodges Mutual Fund

  0.97HDPMX Hodges Fund RetailPairCorr
  0.98VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.97DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.97PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.94PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.94PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.93VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.93VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.93VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.93VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.89VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.89VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.91VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.95VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.93VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.92FFPNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.72SEIRX Simt Real EstatePairCorr
  0.88LYRNX Lyrical InternationalPairCorr
  0.92HMVFX Hartford MidcapPairCorr
  0.92SFECX Guggenheim StyleplusPairCorr
  0.98ARAIX Ariel Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.92GSPQX Goldman Sachs EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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