Wasatch Frontier Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Wasatch Frontier Emerging and Wasatch Emerging Markets is 0.54 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Wasatch Frontier 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.

Wasatch Frontier Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Wasatch Frontier Emerging and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Wasatch Frontier Emerging and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Wasatch Frontier Emerging. 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 population.

Moving together with Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.66WAEMX Wasatch Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.82WAESX Wasatch Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.61WAGOX Wasatch Global OpporPairCorr
  0.73WAIGX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.63WHOSX Wasatch HoisingtonPairCorr
  0.9WIFMX Wasatch Frontier EmergingPairCorr
  0.82WIESX Wasatch Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.64WILCX Wasatch Large CapPairCorr
  0.64FMIEX Wasatch Large CapPairCorr
  0.74VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.85FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.85FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.84NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.85NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.84NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.81ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr

Moving against Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.44LETRX Voya Russia FundPairCorr

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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 Wasatch Mutual Fund performing well and Wasatch Frontier 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 Wasatch Frontier'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.