Lazard Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Lazard Emerging Markets and T Rowe Price is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Lazard 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.

Lazard Emerging Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Lazard Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Lazard 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 Lazard 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Lazard Mutual Fund

  0.84LZCOX Lazard Small MidPairCorr
  0.61LZEMX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68LZESX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.9LZHYX Lazard Corporate IncomePairCorr
  0.7LZIEX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.68LZIOX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.9LZHOX Lazard Corporate IncomePairCorr
  0.74LZISX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.61LZOEX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68LZSIX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.74LZSMX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.84LZSCX Lazard Small MidPairCorr
  0.79LZUOX Lazard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.69LZUSX Lazard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.71LISIX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.71LISOX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.78UMNIX Lazard Short DurationPairCorr
  0.8UMNOX Lazard Short DurationPairCorr
  0.69IEAIX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.69CONOX Lazard FundsPairCorr
  0.69CONIX Columbia Global TechPairCorr
  0.66LCAIX Lazard Capital AllocatorPairCorr
  0.66LCAOX Lazard Capital AllocatorPairCorr
  0.91RLCIX Lazard Corporate IncomePairCorr

Moving against Lazard Mutual Fund

  0.49GESIX Lazard Global EquityPairCorr
  0.49GESOX Lazard Global EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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