Emerging Markets Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Emerging Markets Value and Dfa International Small is 0.77 (i.e., Poor 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Emerging Markets Value and DJI is 0.32 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Emerging Markets Value 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 Emerging Markets Value. 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 real.

Moving together with Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.7DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.64DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.61DRIGX Dimensional 2035 TargetPairCorr
  0.65DRIBX Dimensional 2010 TargetPairCorr
  0.64DAADX Dfa Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68DSCLX Dfa International SocialPairCorr
  0.82DCMSX Dfa Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.98DEMSX Emerging Markets SmallPairCorr
  0.98DEMGX Emerging Markets TargetedPairCorr
  0.98DESIX Emerging Markets SusPairCorr

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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.