Lazard Developing Correlations

LDMIX Fund  USD 19.61  0.08  0.41%   
The current 90-days correlation between Lazard Developing Markets and Foreign Smaller Panies is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Lazard Developing 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.

Lazard Developing Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Lazard Developing Markets and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Lazard Developing Markets and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Lazard Developing Markets. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Lazard Mutual Fund

  0.82LZCOX Lazard Small MidPairCorr
  0.68LZFOX Lazard Equity FranchisePairCorr
  0.97LZEMX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.76LZESX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.69LZFIX Lazard Equity FranchisePairCorr
  0.94LZIEX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.68LZIOX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.62LZHOX Lazard Corporate IncomePairCorr
  0.94LZISX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.76LZOEX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.97LZSIX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.77LZSMX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.86LZSCX Lazard Small MidPairCorr
  0.64LZUOX Lazard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.8LZUSX Lazard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.94LISIX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.77LISOX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.73UMNIX Lazard Short DurationPairCorr
  0.71UMNOX Lazard Short DurationPairCorr
  0.93RALIX Lazard Real AssetsPairCorr
  0.93RALOX Lazard Real AssetsPairCorr
  0.92RALYX Lazard Real AssetsPairCorr
  0.82RCMPX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.99READX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.82ICMPX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.95IEAIX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.9CONOX Lazard FundsPairCorr
  0.94CONIX Columbia Global TechPairCorr
  0.84LCAIX Lazard Capital AllocatorPairCorr
  0.75LCAOX Lazard Capital AllocatorPairCorr
  0.83LDMOX Lazard Developing MarketsPairCorr
  0.69RLCIX Lazard Corporate IncomePairCorr
  0.76RLEMX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Lazard Mutual Fund performing well and Lazard Developing 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 Lazard Developing'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.