Avantis Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Avantis Small Cap and Calvert Large Cap is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Avantis 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.

Avantis Small Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Avantis Small Cap and DJI is -0.11 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Avantis Small Cap 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 Avantis Small Cap. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Avantis Mutual Fund

  0.98VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.98DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.99PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.99PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.99TRZVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.99PRSVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.88VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.9VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.88VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.88VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.88VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.88VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.97PVFAX Paradigm ValuePairCorr
  0.68JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.72JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.86BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.72XOM Exxon Mobil CorpPairCorr
  0.76HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.63AA Alcoa Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.79TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr

Moving against Avantis Mutual Fund

  0.61KO Coca Cola Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.42BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.36MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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