Alger Capital Correlations

ACARX Fund  USD 35.41  0.67  1.93%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Capital Apprec and Payden Government Fund is -0.41 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Alger Capital 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.

Alger Capital Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Alger Capital Appreciation and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Capital Appreciation and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Alger Capital Appreciation. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  0.99AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.99AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.96AMGOX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94AOFAX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.94AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.98CHUSX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  1.0AAIYX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.95AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.95ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.97ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.97ASPIX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.94ABLOX Alger Balanced PortfolioPairCorr
  0.97ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.97ACIZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.98ADOCX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.96ADOZX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  1.0CNEIX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  1.0CNEYX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  1.0CNEZX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.97AFOZX Alger Funds MidPairCorr
  0.96AGIRX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.91AGOZX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.98SPEDX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.97ALARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  1.0ALAFX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  1.0ALCFX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.97ALGRX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.96ALMRX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.96ALMZX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.97ALSAX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.94ALSRX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  1.0ALVOX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  1.0ALZFX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.96AMCZX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.96AMCGX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.96FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.96FFAFX American FundsPairCorr

Moving against Alger Mutual Fund

  0.36XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Alger Mutual Fund performing well and Alger Capital 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 Alger Capital'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.