Matthews Asia Correlations

MITEX Fund  USD 18.60  0.12  0.65%   
The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Asia Innovators and Pro Blend Moderate Term is 0.29 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Matthews Asia 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 Asia Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Matthews Asia Innovators and DJI is 0.54 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Matthews Asia Innovators 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 Asia Innovators. 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 american community survey.

Moving together with Matthews Mutual Fund

  1.0MPACX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.94MAPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.73MAPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.92MASGX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  1.0MATFX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.83MSMLX Matthews Asia SmallPairCorr
  0.73MCDFX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.88MCHFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.85MCSMX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.92MEGMX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0MIAPX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.73MICDX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.85MICHX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.88MICFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.92MIEFX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74MIJFX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.73MIPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.85MIPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.92MISFX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.81MISMX Matthews Asia SmallPairCorr
  0.74MJFOX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.94PNSIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.94PRASX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.93TRZNX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95FSEAX Fidelity Emerging AsiaPairCorr
  0.73ASISX Invesco Asia PacificPairCorr
  0.75KF Korea ClosedPairCorr

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

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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 Asia 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 Asia'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
PBFDX  0.79  0.02  0.02  0.11  0.91 
 1.46 
 4.92 
HFCVX  0.52  0.14  0.17  0.42  0.00 
 1.24 
 6.17 
AUUCX  0.62  0.13  0.09  0.42  0.48 
 1.11 
 10.07 
CAMOX  1.08  0.47  0.70  0.62  0.00 
 1.56 
 28.04 
FWRLX  0.68 (0.09)(0.11)(0.01) 0.89 
 1.12 
 3.65 
MSSMX  1.54 (0.25) 0.00 (0.26) 0.00 
 2.80 
 8.23 
MSSGX  1.51 (0.28) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 2.84 
 8.24 
DISMX  0.57  0.05  0.02  0.16  0.60 
 1.18 
 2.55 
LEAOX  0.62  0.11  0.13  0.30  0.31 
 1.71 
 2.97 
EXBAX  0.36  0.07  0.03  0.31  0.00 
 0.69 
 4.72