Dunham Emerging Correlations

DNEMX Fund  USD 13.82  0.14  1.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dunham Emerging Markets and Smead Value Fund is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Dunham Emerging 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.

Dunham Emerging Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Dunham Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.36 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dunham Emerging Markets 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 Dunham Emerging Markets. 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 population.

Moving together with Dunham Mutual Fund

  0.72DNINX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  1.0DAEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.72DAINX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  1.0DCEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.71DCINX Dunham InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Dunham Mutual Fund

  0.59DNAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.58DAAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.58DAFRX Dunham Floating RatePairCorr
  0.56DNFRX Dunham Floating RatePairCorr
  0.52DNMDX Dunham Monthly DistrPairCorr
  0.51DAMDX Dunham Monthly DistrPairCorr
  0.34DNHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.58DCFRX Dunham Floating RatePairCorr
  0.57DCAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.55DCMDX Dunham Monthly DistrPairCorr
  0.4CII Blackrock EnhancedPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dunham Mutual Fund performing well and Dunham Emerging 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 Dunham Emerging'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.