Nuveen Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Nuveen Small Cap and Nuveen Small Cap is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Nuveen 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.

Nuveen Small Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Nuveen 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 Nuveen 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 Nuveen 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Nuveen Mutual Fund

  0.98EMGRX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.95NPSRX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  1.0FRMPX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.77NQCAX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.94FACSX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.84FAMAX Nuveen Minnesota IntPairCorr
  0.82FAMTX Nuveen Minnesota IntPairCorr
  0.9FSCCX First American InvestmentPairCorr
  0.89FSCVX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.9FSCWX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.9FSCAX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.94FSEIX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96FAQIX Nuveen Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.93FSHAX Nuveen Short TermPairCorr
  0.94NRIIX Nuveen Real AssetPairCorr
  0.67NAIGX Nuveen Nwq International Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.95NSBAX Nuveen Santa BarbaraPairCorr
  0.75NSBRX Nuveen Santa BarbaraPairCorr
  0.9NSCCX Nuveen Nwq SmallPairCorr
  0.9NSCRX Nuveen Nwq SmallPairCorr
  0.96NSMAX Nuveen Nwq SmallmidPairCorr
  0.96NSMCX Nuveen Nwq SmallmidPairCorr
  0.96NSMRX Nuveen Nwq SmallmidPairCorr
  0.73NCIRX Nuveen Core ImpactPairCorr
  0.76NCOIX Nuveen Symphony CreditPairCorr
  0.86NUGCX Nuveen Santa BarbaraPairCorr
  0.87NUGAX Nuveen Santa BarbaraPairCorr
  0.76FFEFX Nuveen Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.76FFECX Nuveen Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.95NELAX Nuveen Equity LongshortPairCorr

Moving against Nuveen Mutual Fund

  0.47NHCCX Nuveen High YieldPairCorr
  0.42NHMRX Nuveen High YieldPairCorr
  0.35NHMAX Nuveen High YieldPairCorr
  0.34NHMFX Nuveen High YieldPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Nuveen Mutual Fund performing well and Nuveen 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 Nuveen 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
EMGRX  0.73  0.07  0.11  0.17  0.50 
 1.76 
 4.39 
FREAX  0.61 (0.03)(0.09) 0.06  0.81 
 1.53 
 3.78 
FREGX  0.61 (0.03)(0.08) 0.06  0.82 
 1.53 
 3.95 
NPSAX  0.10  0.04 (0.60) 1.10  0.00 
 0.26 
 0.83 
NPSFX  0.10  0.05 (0.58) 1.97  0.00 
 0.50 
 0.83 
NPSCX  0.09  0.04 (0.59) 1.00  0.00 
 0.32 
 0.77 
NPSRX  0.10  0.05 (0.58) 1.10  0.00 
 0.32 
 0.83 
FRKSX  0.11  0.00 (0.65) 0.34  0.00 
 0.31 
 0.72 
FRMPX  0.78  0.09  0.12  0.19  0.54 
 1.64 
 3.83 
FAARX  0.11 (0.01)(0.60)(3.33) 0.11 
 0.31 
 0.83