Harding Loevner Correlations

HLMCX Fund  USD 5.40  0.09  1.69%   
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

Good diversification

The correlation between Harding Loevner Chinese and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Harding Loevner Chinese 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 Chinese. 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

  0.91FHKTX Fidelity China RegionPairCorr
  0.91FCHKX Fidelity China RegionPairCorr
  0.9FHKAX Fidelity China RegionPairCorr
  0.9FHKIX Fidelity China RegionPairCorr
  0.9FIQFX Fidelity China RegionPairCorr
  0.9FHKCX Fidelity China RegionPairCorr
  0.97MICFX Matthews China Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.97MCHFX Matthews China Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.61DD Dupont De Nemours Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

Moving against Harding Mutual Fund

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  0.64PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.64PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr
  0.58GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.43DIS Walt Disney Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.41CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.4AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.35WMT Walmart Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.34JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr

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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 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.