Emerging Markets Correlations

EMRCX Fund  USD 11.49  0.04  0.35%   
The current 90-days correlation between Emerging Markets and Bbh Intermediate Municipal is 0.1 (i.e., Average 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 Fund 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 Emerging Markets Fund 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 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.61EMBAX Unconstrained EmergingPairCorr
  0.67EMBYX Unconstrained EmergingPairCorr
  0.67EMBUX Unconstrained EmergingPairCorr
  0.65EMRIX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.65EMRZX Vaneck Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.65EMRYX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68MWMIX Vaneck Morningstar WidePairCorr
  0.68MWMZX Vaneck Morningstar WidePairCorr
  0.65GBFAX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.83VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.83VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.83VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.83VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.87FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.87FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.77NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.87NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.78NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.86ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr
  0.86IFN India ClosedPairCorr

Moving against Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.34CMCAX Cm Modity IndexPairCorr
  0.34CMCYX Cm Modity IndexPairCorr
  0.34COMIX Cm Modity IndexPairCorr
  0.63CII Blackrock EnhancedPairCorr
  0.59ETV Eaton Vance TaxPairCorr
  0.55ETY Eaton Vance TaxPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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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.