Mercer Emerging Correlations

MEMQX Fund  USD 10.72  0.02  0.19%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mercer Emerging Markets and Mercer Emerging Markets is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Mercer Emerging 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.

Mercer Emerging Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Mercer Emerging 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 Mercer Emerging 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 Mercer Emerging 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 producer price index.

Moving together with Mercer Mutual Fund

  0.9MOFTX Mercer OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.89MOFIX Mercer OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.81MSDYX Mercer FundsPairCorr
  0.79MSCGX Mercer Smallmid CapPairCorr
  0.7MCFIX Mercer Core FixedPairCorr
  0.71MCFQX Mercer Core FixedPairCorr
  1.0MEMSX Mercer Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.97VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.97VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.97VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.97VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.97NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.99NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.92FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.92FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.8PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.74PNOCX Putnam Multi CapPairCorr
  0.64EBSFX Eubel Brady SuttmanPairCorr
  0.88RIMOX City National RochdalePairCorr
  0.96AMDWX Amana Developing WorldPairCorr
  0.8OAKWX Oakmark Global SelectPairCorr
  0.96RTNSX Tax-managed InternationalPairCorr
  0.75PFPFX Poplar Forest PartnersPairCorr
  0.92CPGAX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.87COIYX Conservative IncomePairCorr
  0.77HIPAX The Hartford InflationPairCorr

Moving against Mercer Mutual Fund

  0.55NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.43ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

MNCEXMNCSX
MOFIXMOFTX
MSCGXMSDYX
MSDYXMOFTX
MSCGXMOFTX
MEMSXMOFTX
  

High negative correlations

MSCGXMNCSX
MSCGXMNCEX
MSDYXMNCSX
MSDYXMNCEX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mercer Mutual Fund performing well and Mercer Emerging 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 Mercer Emerging'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
MNCSX  0.71  0.00 (0.02) 0.07  1.77 
 1.19 
 10.38 
MNCEX  0.73  0.00 (0.02) 0.09  1.74 
 1.16 
 10.31 
MOFTX  0.11  0.01 (0.19) 0.69  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.83 
MOFIX  0.10  0.01 (0.17)(1.33) 0.00 
 0.24 
 0.95 
MSDYX  0.07  0.02 (0.25) 0.74  0.00 
 0.30 
 0.50 
MSCGX  0.85  0.18  0.23  0.18  0.53 
 1.98 
 9.73 
MSCQX  0.77  0.01 (0.02) 0.12  1.25 
 1.89 
 8.21 
MCFIX  0.14  0.01 (0.16) 0.26  0.07 
 0.34 
 0.67 
MCFQX  0.14  0.01 (0.16) 0.19  0.00 
 0.33 
 0.67 
MEMSX  0.61  0.17  0.15 (21.35) 0.57 
 1.61 
 3.66