Wasatch Frontier Correlations

WIFMX Fund  USD 3.90  0.03  0.76%   
The current 90-days correlation between Wasatch Frontier Emerging and Wasatch International Select is 0.53 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Wasatch Frontier Emerging and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor 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.
  
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Moving together with Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.8WAESX Wasatch Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.66WAGOX Wasatch Global OpporPairCorr
  1.0WAFMX Wasatch Frontier EmergingPairCorr
  0.91WAIVX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.87WAISX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.76WAMVX Wasatch Micro CapPairCorr
  0.78WGICX Wasatch Micro CapPairCorr
  0.87WGISX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.82WGMVX Wasatch Micro CapPairCorr
  0.78WGLSX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.65WGROX Wasatch E GrowthPairCorr
  0.84WICVX Wasatch Small CapPairCorr
  0.81WIESX Wasatch Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.66WIGRX Wasatch E GrowthPairCorr
  0.66WIGOX Wasatch Global OpporPairCorr
  0.89WILCX Wasatch Large CapPairCorr
  0.83WMCVX Wasatch Small CapPairCorr
  0.78WMICX Wasatch Micro CapPairCorr
  0.89FMIEX Wasatch Large CapPairCorr
  0.96VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.95NEWFX New World FundPairCorr

Moving against Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.61WAIOX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.61WAIGX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.61WIIGX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.55WAEMX Wasatch Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.55WIEMX Wasatch Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.61WIIOX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr

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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WAINXWAGOX
WAIVXWAFMX
WAGSXWAAEX
WAISXWAFMX
WAISXWAIVX
  

High negative correlations

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WAINXWAIOX
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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
WAAEX  0.89  0.07 (0.05)(1.19) 1.00 
 2.46 
 5.80 
WAEMX  1.55 (0.40) 0.00  1.07  0.00 
 1.75 
 42.89 
WAESX  0.80  0.06 (0.07)(0.21) 0.94 
 1.52 
 4.27 
WAGSX  0.67  0.04 (0.10)(0.10) 0.86 
 1.19 
 3.82 
WAGOX  0.89  0.19  0.09  4.33  0.63 
 1.47 
 13.69 
WAFMX  0.64  0.12 (0.01)(1.07) 0.66 
 1.14 
 3.43 
WAIOX  1.34 (0.57) 0.00  2.06  0.00 
 1.12 
 41.35 
WAINX  1.59  0.48  0.41  1.83  0.43 
 1.69 
 45.61 
WAIVX  0.44  0.25  0.25 (102.20) 0.00 
 1.21 
 2.51 
WAISX  0.64  0.14  0.01 (0.72) 0.74 
 1.28 
 3.59