Alger Health Correlations

AHSCX Fund  USD 11.82  0.04  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Health Sciences and Blackrock Health Sciences is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Alger Health 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 Health Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Alger Health Sciences and DJI is 0.55 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Health Sciences 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 Health Sciences. 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 services.

Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

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  0.66AOFIX Alger Small CapPairCorr
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  0.66AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.63ASIMX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.63ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.62ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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