Alger Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Alger Small Cap and Old Westbury Large is 0.62 (i.e., Poor 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between Alger Small Cap and DJI is 0.03 (i.e., Significant 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

  0.88AMGCX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.82AOFYX Alger Small CapPairCorr
  0.77CHUCX Alger Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.64AAEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.83AAIYX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.62ASIRX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.92ASIMX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.78ASMZX Alger Smidcap FocusPairCorr
  0.7ASPZX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.7ASPIX Alger SpectraPairCorr
  0.7ACAZX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.7ACARX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.74ATVPX Alger 35 FundPairCorr
  0.65ADOCX Alger Dynamic OpportPairCorr
  0.7CNEIX Alger Concentrated EquityPairCorr
  0.87AFOZX Alger Funds MidPairCorr
  0.65AGIFX Alger ResponsiblePairCorr
  0.8AZEMX Alger Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.73AHSAX Alger Health SciencesPairCorr
  0.87ALOAX Alger Mid CapPairCorr
  0.9ALSAX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.71ALSCX Alger Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.72ALZFX Alger Capital ApprecPairCorr
  0.73AMCZX Alger Midcap GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Alger Mutual Fund

  0.52IIF Morgan Stanley IndiaPairCorr
  0.32IFN India ClosedPairCorr

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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.