Jacob Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Jacob Small Cap and Telecommunications Fund Investor is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Jacob 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.

Jacob Small Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Jacob Small Cap and DJI is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Jacob Small Cap 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 Jacob 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 Jacob Mutual Fund

  0.83JSIGX Jacob Small CapPairCorr
  0.87JMCGX Jacob Micro CapPairCorr
  0.87JMIGX Jacob Micro CapPairCorr
  0.69VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.69VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.69VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.86VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.84JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.86JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.79JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.83JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.84JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.71VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.71VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.68VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.7VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.7VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.68VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.61PRVYX Putnam Retirement ReadyPairCorr
  0.66VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.82HIMDX Hennessy Nerstone MidPairCorr
  0.63ERSIX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.77VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.83JNYAX Jpmorgan SmartretirementPairCorr
  0.83VPSAX Voya Index SolutionPairCorr
  0.91FQTEX Franklin Strategic SeriesPairCorr
  0.85HCYIX Direxion Hilton TacticalPairCorr

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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TOPCRYMIX
TOPCEBUF
RYRHXTOPC
RYRHXRYMIX
EBUFRYMIX
  

High negative correlations

GWILXRYMIX
TOPCGWILX
EBUFICOI
WDAFTOPC
EBUFGWILX
TOPCICOI

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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