Matthews Asia Correlations

MITEX Fund  USD 18.58  0.02  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Asia Innovators and Pro Blend Moderate Term is 0.04 (i.e., Significant 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 0.43 (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 various price indices.

Moving together with Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.96PNSIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.84PRASX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.96TRZNX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97FSEAX Fidelity Emerging AsiaPairCorr
  0.82ASISX Invesco Asia PacificPairCorr
  0.96MAPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.9MIPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.77FTYPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.78FFBTX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.77TPIIX Timothy Plan InternaPairCorr
  0.69EXG Eaton Vance TaxPairCorr
  0.68NBGPX Columbia Capital AllPairCorr
  0.62LSSCX Loomis Sayles SmallPairCorr
  0.7PCODX Pioneer Fund PioneerPairCorr
  0.64SPECX Alger SpectraPairCorr

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  0.77  0.05 (0.01) 0.48  0.98 
 1.46 
 4.92 
HFCVX  0.54  0.18  0.20  12.61  0.09 
 1.24 
 6.17 
AUUCX  0.61  0.13  0.08 (10.72) 0.54 
 1.11 
 10.07 
CAMOX  1.14  0.58  0.74 (1.42) 0.00 
 1.56 
 28.04 
FWRLX  0.65 (0.04) 0.00 (0.65) 0.00 
 1.09 
 3.14 
MSSMX  1.53 (0.32) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 2.46 
 8.23 
MSSGX  1.50 (0.31) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 2.47 
 8.24 
DISMX  0.58  0.09  0.05  0.46  0.59 
 1.18 
 2.55 
LEAOX  0.58  0.12  0.11  0.69  0.33 
 1.71 
 2.97 
EXBAX  0.35  0.08  0.08  0.31  0.00 
 0.69 
 4.72