Emerging Markets Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Emerging Markets Targeted and Gmo Asset Allocation is 0.18 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Emerging Markets 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.

Emerging Markets Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Emerging Markets Targeted and DJI is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Emerging Markets Targeted and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Emerging Markets Targeted. 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 price.

Moving together with Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.62DRIIX Dimensional 2045 TargetPairCorr
  0.68DRIUX Dimensional 2025 TargetPairCorr
  0.66DRIRX Dimensional 2020 TargetPairCorr
  0.62DAADX Dfa Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96DEMSX Emerging Markets SmallPairCorr
  0.83DFCEX Emerging Markets EPairCorr
  0.61DWUSX Dfa World ExPairCorr
  0.7DFETX Emerging Markets PorPairCorr
  0.78DFEMX Emerging Markets PorPairCorr
  0.72DFGEX Dfa Global RealPairCorr
  0.73DFREX Dfa Real EstatePairCorr
  0.81DFUKX United Kingdom SmallPairCorr

Moving against Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.32DFGFX Dfa Two YearPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Emerging Mutual Fund performing well and Emerging Markets 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 Emerging Markets' 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.