Mid Cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mid Cap Value and T Rowe Price is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Mid Cap 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.

Mid Cap Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Mid Cap Value and DJI is -0.13 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mid Cap Value 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 Mid Cap Value. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Mid Mutual Fund

  0.88VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.87JVMAX John Hancock DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.87JVMIX John Hancock DisciplinedPairCorr
  0.89VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83JMVZX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.85JMVRX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.84JMVQX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.85JMVYX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.84JMVPX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr
  0.8VETAX Victory Sycamore EstPairCorr
  0.62VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.62VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.62VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.65VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.65VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.65VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.62VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.69MMM 3M Company Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.64HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.66HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.62BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr

Moving against Mid Mutual Fund

  0.43MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mid Mutual Fund performing well and Mid Cap 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 Mid Cap'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.