Matthews Asia Correlations

MPACX Fund  USD 23.44  0.15  0.64%   
The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Asia Growth and Matthews Japan Fund is 0.82 (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

Good diversification

The correlation between Matthews Asia Growth and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Matthews Asia Growth 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 Growth. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.96MACSX Matthews Asian GrowthPairCorr
  0.97MAPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.91MAPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.92MASGX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.91MATFX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.61MSMLX Matthews Asia SmallPairCorr
  0.86MCDFX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.81MCHFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.79MCSMX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.93MEGMX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0MIAPX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.86MICDX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.79MICHX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.81MICFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.96MICSX Matthews Asian GrowthPairCorr
  0.93MIEFX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.91MIPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.97MIPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.91MITEX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.92MISFX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.61MISMX Matthews Asia SmallPairCorr
  0.97FPBFX Fidelity Pacific BasinPairCorr

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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   
MACSXMAPTX
MSTSXMAPTX
MSTSXMACSX
RRTLXMSTSX
OSHDFVIASP
RRTLXLBHIX
  
High negative correlations   
70082LAB3MJFOX
VIASPMJFOX
OSHDFMJFOX
VIASPMACSX
VIASPMAPTX
OSHDFMACSX

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
MJFOX  1.02 (0.02) 0.00  0.27  0.00 
 2.17 
 7.68 
MAPTX  0.95  0.04 (0.08)(0.26) 1.19 
 2.33 
 6.69 
MACSX  0.71  0.03 (0.10)(0.20) 0.91 
 1.89 
 5.35 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
MSTSX  0.48 (0.05)(0.15) 0.04  0.53 
 1.03 
 2.80 
LBHIX  0.11  0.01 (0.40) 0.46  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.96 
VIASP  0.74  0.08 (0.03)(2.22) 1.13 
 2.28 
 7.18 
RRTLX  0.24  0.01 (0.30) 0.50  0.24 
 0.56 
 1.37 
OSHDF  39.65  22.61  0.00 (0.96) 0.00 
 0.00 
 1,329 
70082LAB3  1.00  0.03 (0.04) 1.56  2.25 
 1.75 
 24.27