Wasatch Frontier Correlations

WAFMX Fund  USD 3.69  0.05  1.37%   
The current 90-days correlation between Wasatch Frontier Emerging and Consumer Products Fund is -0.16 (i.e., Good 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Wasatch Frontier Emerging and DJI is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak 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 industry.

Moving together with Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.73WAGSX Wasatch Global SelectPairCorr
  0.86WAISX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.67WAUSX Wasatch Select InvestorPairCorr
  0.86WGISX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.72WGGSX Wasatch Global SelectPairCorr
  0.67WGUSX Wasatch Select InstPairCorr
  1.0WIFMX Wasatch Frontier EmergingPairCorr

Moving against Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.72WAIVX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.58WAMCX Wasatch Ultra GrowthPairCorr
  0.58WGMCX Wasatch Ultra GrowthPairCorr
  0.51WILCX Wasatch Large CapPairCorr
  0.51FMIEX Wasatch Large CapPairCorr

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 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.