Amana Developing Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Amana Developing World and William Blair Emerging is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Amana Developing 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.

Amana Developing Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Amana Developing World and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Amana Developing World and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Amana Mutual Fund

  1.0AMDWX Amana Developing WorldPairCorr
  0.62AMIGX Amana GrowthPairCorr
  0.94AMINX Amana IncomePairCorr
  0.87AMIPX Amana ParticipationPairCorr
  0.94AMANX Amana IncomePairCorr
  0.88AMAPX Amana ParticipationPairCorr
  0.61AMAGX Amana GrowthPairCorr
  0.93VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.93VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.93VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.93VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.97NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.97FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.94FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.98BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.98BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.98MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.87SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.87MLPNX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.87MLPMX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.87SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.95JHODX Jhancock 2070 LifetimePairCorr
  0.85SUWCX Deutsche E EquityPairCorr
  0.92EVGRX Evaluator Growth RmsPairCorr
  0.95DNEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.97GEGCX Aberdeen Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.87VDSYX Victory Diversified StockPairCorr
  0.96UNWPX World Precious MineralsPairCorr
  0.98FAPYX Fidelity Greenwood StreetPairCorr
  0.95AAAZX Deutsche Real AssetsPairCorr
  0.95JCLCX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.95AAAPX Deutsche Real AssetsPairCorr
  0.94HRSRX Hood River SmallPairCorr
  0.82CIPMX Champlain Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Amana Mutual Fund

  0.66ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Amana Mutual Fund performing well and Amana Developing 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 Amana Developing'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.