Matthews Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Emerging Markets and Europac Gold Fund is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Matthews 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.

Matthews Emerging Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Matthews Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Matthews 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 Matthews 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 census.

Moving together with Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.67MPACX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.61MACSX Matthews Asian GrowthPairCorr
  0.7MAPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.98MASGX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.62MATFX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.64MCDFX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.72MCHFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.72MEGMX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.67MIAPX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.64MICDX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.7MICFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.61MICSX Matthews Asian GrowthPairCorr
  0.7MIPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.65MITEX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.65MISFX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.74VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.73VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.73FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.73FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.76NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.69NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.72NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.72ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr

Moving against Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.5TSDDX Touchstone FundsPairCorr

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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 Matthews Mutual Fund performing well and Matthews 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 Matthews 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.