Dunham Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dunham Small Cap and Seafarer Overseas Growth is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Dunham 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.

Dunham Small Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dunham Small Cap and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dunham Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Dunham 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 signals in price.

Moving together with Dunham Mutual Fund

  0.61DNINX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.79DNHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.82DNLVX Dunham Large CapPairCorr
  0.9DNSVX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.85DADGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.66DAHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.68DALVX Dunham Large CapPairCorr
  0.78DASVX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.95DCDGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.78DCHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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