Nuveen Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Nuveen Small Cap and First American Investment is 0.71 (i.e., Poor 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 0.65 (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 census.

Moving together with Nuveen Mutual Fund

  0.93EMGRX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.65FREAX Nuveen Real EstatePairCorr
  0.66FREGX Nuveen Real EstatePairCorr
  0.7NPSAX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.74NPSFX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.69NPSCX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.74NPSRX Nuveen Preferred SecPairCorr
  0.93FRMPX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.62FRLCX Nuveen Real EstatePairCorr
  0.9FRSLX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92NQCCX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.88NQCAX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.91FACSX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.93NQCRX Nuveen Nwq LargePairCorr
  0.87NQGCX Nuveen Nwq GlobalPairCorr
  0.87NQGAX Nuveen Nwq GlobalPairCorr
  0.94NQGIX Nuveen Nwq GlobalPairCorr
  0.65FAMTX Nuveen Minnesota IntPairCorr
  0.83FSCCX First American InvestmentPairCorr
  0.85FSCVX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.76FSCWX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.77FSCAX Nuveen Small CapPairCorr
  0.91FSEIX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.89FAQIX Nuveen Dividend ValuePairCorr
  0.71FARCX Nuveen Real EstatePairCorr
  0.87FASEX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr

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.