Harding Loevner Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Harding Loevner Funds and Artisan High Income is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Harding Loevner 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.

Harding Loevner Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Harding Loevner Funds and DJI is 0.24 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Harding Loevner Funds and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Harding Loevner Funds. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Harding Mutual Fund

  0.98VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.98VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.98VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.98VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.98VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.91VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.93VDVIX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.93VTMNX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.93VDIPX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.9FSPSX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr
  0.64RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.68JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.7CAT Caterpillar Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.68DD Dupont De Nemours Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

Moving against Harding Mutual Fund

  0.38BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.32DIS Walt Disney Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Harding Mutual Fund performing well and Harding Loevner 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 Harding Loevner'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.