Matthews Asia Correlations

MITEX Fund  USD 17.15  0.05  0.29%   
The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Asia Innovators and Payson Total Return is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between Matthews Asia Innovators and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant 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

  0.78PNSIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.67PRASX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.83TRZNX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.76FSEAX Fidelity Emerging AsiaPairCorr
  0.67MAPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.72HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.61BA BoeingPairCorr

Moving against Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.72JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.7CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.66DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.62TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.61MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.5CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.48WMT Walmart Common StockPairCorr
  0.41BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.38CEE Central Europe RussiaPairCorr
  0.38AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr

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  0.76  0.04 (0.01) 1.51  1.03 
 1.43 
 4.75 
HFCVX  0.57  0.07  0.06  0.17  0.60 
 1.21 
 7.46 
AUUCX  0.64  0.15  0.11 (8.30) 0.61 
 1.22 
 9.13 
CAMOX  1.07  0.40  0.53  0.46  0.00 
 1.54 
 28.12 
FWRLX  0.75 (0.13) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.07 
 6.84 
MSSMX  1.66 (0.32) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 2.85 
 9.51 
MSSGX  1.62 (0.31) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 2.89 
 9.56 
DISMX  0.58 (0.02)(0.04) 0.03  0.75 
 1.05 
 2.61 
LEAOX  0.64  0.05  0.04  0.13  0.67 
 1.63 
 3.52 
EXBAX  0.33  0.07  0.09  0.27  0.06 
 0.66 
 4.11