Ashmore Emerging Correlations

EFEIX Fund  USD 12.43  0.02  0.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between Ashmore Emerging Markets and Vanguard Emerging Markets is 0.46 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Ashmore 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.

Ashmore Emerging Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Ashmore Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ashmore 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 Ashmore 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 Ashmore Mutual Fund

  1.0EFECX Ashmore Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0EFEAX Ashmore Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.73ELBIX Ashmore Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.75ELBCX Ashmore Emerging MarketsPairCorr

Moving against Ashmore Mutual Fund

  0.77FTCAX Templeton Strained BondPairCorr
  0.74PYAIX Payden Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.74PYARX Payden Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.71WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.71KMKNX Kinetics Market Oppo Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.67BCAAX Brandywineglobal CPairCorr
  0.67TEGYX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
VEIEXVEMAX
MSTSXVEMAX
MSTSXVEIEX
LBHIXMSTSX
LBHIXVEMAX
LBHIXVEIEX
  
High negative correlations   
VIASPSCAXF
LBHIX444859BR2
MSTSX444859BR2
BRRAYVEIEX
BRRAYVEMAX
MSTSXBRRAY

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Ashmore Mutual Fund performing well and Ashmore 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 Ashmore 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VEMAX  0.71 (0.03)(0.12) 0.04  0.85 
 1.57 
 4.60 
VEIEX  0.71 (0.03)(0.12) 0.04  0.85 
 1.55 
 4.60 
444859BR2  1.35 (0.09) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 5.93 
 16.62 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
BRRAY  1.27 (0.13) 0.00  0.01  0.00 
 0.00 
 34.02 
MSTSX  0.49 (0.04)(0.13) 0.06  0.52 
 1.21 
 2.80 
LBHIX  0.11  0.01 (0.42) 0.38  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.96 
ABHYX  0.17  0.00 (0.24) 0.19  0.25 
 0.34 
 1.91 
SCAXF  0.70 (0.41) 0.00 (0.98) 0.00 
 0.00 
 23.47 
VIASP  0.74  0.07 (0.04)(2.04) 1.13 
 2.28 
 7.18