Matthews Asia Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Asia Growth and Matthews Asia Innovators is -0.07 (i.e., Good 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Matthews Asia Growth and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., Weak 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

  0.82MACSX Matthews Asian GrowthPairCorr
  0.84MAPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.97MAPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.64MASGX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.87MATFX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.9MSMLX Matthews Asia SmallPairCorr
  0.71MCDFX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.79MCHFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.95MEGMX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0MIAPX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.71MICDX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.67MICFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.81MICSX Matthews Asian GrowthPairCorr
  0.67MIEFX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.84MIDNX Matthews IndiaPairCorr
  0.74MIJFX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.84MINDX Matthews IndiaPairCorr
  0.97MIPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.84MIPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.79MITEX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.9MISMX Matthews Asia SmallPairCorr
  0.74MJFOX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.71VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.85VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.71VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.83FPBFX Fidelity Pacific BasinPairCorr
  0.67SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.72SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr

Moving against Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.75PRLVX Private SharesPairCorr
  0.58LFRFX Floating RatePairCorr

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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 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.