Alger Small Correlations

AOFAX Fund  USD 19.60  0.05  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between Alger Small Cap and Fidelity Advisor Financial is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Alger 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.

Alger Small Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Alger Small Cap and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Alger Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Alger Mutual Fund

  0.72AMGAX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.71AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.92AOFYX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.92AOFIX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.92AOFCX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.9AAEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.86AAGOX Alger Large CapPairCorr
  0.91AAICX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.88AAIZX Alger Ai EnablersPairCorr
  0.88AAIYX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.89ASCYX Alger FundsPairCorr
  0.98ASCZX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.89AASOX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.85ASIRX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.88ASPCX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.88ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.88ASPYX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.88ASPIX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.88ABLOX Alger Balanced PortfolioPairCorr
  0.89ACAYX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.88ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.92ACARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.92ACAAX Alger Capital Apprec Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.86ATVPX Alger 35 FundPairCorr
  0.88ACEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.89ACIZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.91CNEIX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.91CNEYX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.91CNEZX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.67AFGPX Alger InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Alger Mutual Fund

  0.46ASIMX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.46ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.45ASYMX Alger Weatherbie SpePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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