Hodges Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Hodges Small Intrinsic and Balanced Allocation Fund is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Hodges 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.

Hodges Small Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Hodges Small Intrinsic and DJI is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Hodges Small Intrinsic and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Hodges Small Intrinsic. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Hodges Mutual Fund

  0.9HSVIX Hodges Small IntrinsicPairCorr
  0.93HDSIX Hodges Small CapPairCorr
  0.61VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.62VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.62DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.69DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.88UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.88UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.72AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.61CIF Mfs Intermediate HighPairCorr

Moving against Hodges Mutual Fund

  0.66NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.49XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr
  0.39XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.73DCMDX Dunham Monthly DistrPairCorr
  0.65TRYIX New York TaxPairCorr
  0.63EMOAX Eaton Vance MunicipalPairCorr
  0.61GWMZX Amg Gwk MunicipalPairCorr
  0.52VGPMX Vanguard Global CapitalPairCorr
  0.48GCMDX Goldman Sachs LocalPairCorr
  0.43WELNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.4APBDX Bond Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.37FXNAX Fidelity Bond IndexPairCorr
  0.36XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr
  0.36XGGNX Gamco Global GoldPairCorr
  0.35ITTSX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.76BHCHX Baron Health CarePairCorr
  0.68HICOX Colorado BondsharesPairCorr
  0.64WISEX Azzad Wise CapitalPairCorr
  0.6BEMIX Brandes Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.52FLRRX Franklin Low DurationPairCorr
  0.5TGWNX Tcw Emerging MarketsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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