Alger Capital Correlations

ACAZX Fund  USD 49.16  0.01  0.02%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Capital Apprec and Great West Goldman Sachs is 0.16 (i.e., Average 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Alger Capital Appreciation and DJI is 0.54 (i.e., Very weak 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.
  
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Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  0.72VIGAX Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.88AGTHX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.87GFACX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.87GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.87FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.87FFAFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.87CGFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.87CGFCX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.88CGFAX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.87CGFEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.64VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.64VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr

Moving against Alger Mutual Fund

  0.36TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.32VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr

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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.