Emerging Markets Correlations

EMRGX Fund  USD 6.91  0.01  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between Emerging Markets Growth and Quantitative Longshort Equity is 0.08 (i.e., Significant 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

Modest diversification

The correlation between Emerging Markets Growth and DJI is 0.28 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Emerging Markets Growth 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 Growth. 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 price.

Moving together with Emerging Mutual Fund

  1.0EMGEX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  1.0REFGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.95VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.95VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.94VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.94VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.98FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.98FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.98NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.98NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.98NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr
  0.72NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.69FXIFX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.72EOD Allspring Global DividendPairCorr

Moving against Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.64PFHCX Pacific Funds SmallPairCorr

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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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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.