Needham Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Needham Small Cap and Baron Opportunity Fund is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Needham 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.

Needham Small Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Needham Small Cap and DJI is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Needham Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Needham 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 price.

Moving together with Needham Mutual Fund

  0.98NEAIX Needham Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.99NEEIX Needham GrowthPairCorr
  1.0NESIX Needham Small CapPairCorr
  0.75VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.75VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.75VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.75NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.74FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.68DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.96PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.68PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.75TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.75PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.99VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.98VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.98VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.97VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.7VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.75VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.98VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.99VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.75FISMX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr
  0.96JSCRX Prudential Jennison SmallPairCorr
  0.74CLREX Columbia BalancedPairCorr
  0.96TNMRX 1290 Multi AlternativePairCorr
  0.7HMVFX Hartford MidcapPairCorr
  0.99USPFX Union Street PartnersPairCorr
  0.69RYHEX Health Care FundPairCorr
  0.93MAUKX Pioneer Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.98FERGX Fidelity Sai EmergingPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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