Ivy Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Ivy Small Cap and Vanguard Small Cap Value is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Ivy 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.

Ivy Small Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Ivy Small Cap and DJI is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ivy Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Ivy Mutual Fund

  0.84WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.82WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.62IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.92IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.69FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.84IBNAX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.78IVIAX Ivy InternationalPairCorr
  0.82IVINX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.81FIUSX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.8FIVUX First Investors OppoPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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