Emerging Markets Correlations

AMKIX Fund  USD 16.76  0.05  0.30%   
The current 90-days correlation between Emerging Markets and Hennessy Focus Fund is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Emerging Markets 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.

Emerging Markets Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Emerging Markets Fund and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Emerging Markets Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Emerging Markets Fund. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.8AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.71AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.77AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.78TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.69TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.73TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.71TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.67TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.63TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.75AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.74AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.66TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.75AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.77TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.75TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.89TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.67TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.8TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.9TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.71TWHIX Heritage Fund Investor Potential GrowthPairCorr
  1.0TWMIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.67TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.91TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.9TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.85TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.86TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.85TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.71TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.76TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.73TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.7TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.9TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.8NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

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

TDMTXTEDMX
GEMAXTEDMX
GEMAXTDMTX
SEQFXTEDMX
SEQFXTDMTX
SEQFXGEMAX
  

High negative correlations

HFCIXSMBYX
HFCIXGCMAX
HFCIXFGADX
HFCIXRLITX
HFCIXLISIX
HFCIXSEQFX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Emerging Mutual Fund performing well and Emerging Markets 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 Emerging Markets' 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
TEDMX  0.73  0.19  0.18  1.33  0.55 
 1.87 
 3.74 
TDMTX  0.73  0.19  0.18  1.21  0.54 
 1.87 
 3.59 
GCMAX  0.96  0.33  0.33 (5.17) 0.35 
 1.71 
 18.37 
SMBYX  0.79  0.07  0.09  0.10  0.70 
 1.51 
 10.20 
GEMAX  0.60  0.14  0.14  0.89  0.50 
 1.34 
 3.29 
FGADX  1.81  0.53  0.18  0.60  2.28 
 4.33 
 16.68 
RLITX  1.16  0.53  0.78  0.59  0.00 
 1.20 
 34.51 
LISIX  0.56  0.05  0.05  0.12  0.56 
 1.14 
 2.60 
SEQFX  0.58  0.13  0.16  0.29  0.41 
 1.44 
 3.67 
HFCIX  1.90 (0.53) 0.00 (0.32) 0.00 
 2.79 
 32.67