Harding Loevner Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Harding Loevner Frontier and Buffalo High Yield is -0.01 (i.e., Good 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Harding Loevner Frontier and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Harding Loevner Frontier 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 Frontier. 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 Harding Mutual Fund

  0.78HLGZX Harding Loevner GlobalPairCorr
  0.98HLFMX Harding Loevner FrontierPairCorr
  0.98HLFZX Highland Floating RatePairCorr
  0.86HLIZX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.91HLIDX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.78HLMVX Harding Loevner GlobalPairCorr
  0.78HLMGX Harding Loevner GlobalPairCorr
  0.86HLMIX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.86HLMNX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.98HLMOX Harding Loevner FrontierPairCorr
  0.88HLMRX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.88HLMSX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.88HLRZX Harding Loevner IntePairCorr
  0.87VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.87VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.87VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.87VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.91NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.9NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.9NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.9FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.9FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.79NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.89NEMIX Neuberger Berman EmergingPairCorr
  0.74NBSSX Neuberger Berman FocusPairCorr
  0.61XMSDX Morgan Stanley EmergingPairCorr
  0.91BRKIX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.73NGDCX Neuberger Berman GuardianPairCorr
  0.92BIFRX Blackrock Intl FdPairCorr
  0.75WELIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.8GIFFX Invesco Growth AndPairCorr
  0.87EKSCX Wells Fargo DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.61WICGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.73NGDRX Neuberger Berman GuardianPairCorr

Moving against Harding Mutual Fund

  0.69HLEZX Harding Loevner InstPairCorr
  0.69HLMEX Harding Loevner InstPairCorr
  0.61ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr

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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.