Emerging Markets Correlations

DFEMX Fund  USD 28.76  0.20  0.70%   
The current 90-days correlation between Emerging Markets Por and Vanguard Emerging Markets is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Emerging Markets Portfolio and DJI is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Emerging Markets Portfolio 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 Portfolio. 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 Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.93DIHRX Intal High RelativePairCorr
  0.91DILRX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.81DIPSX Dfa Inflation ProtectedPairCorr
  0.89DISVX Dfa International SmallPairCorr
  0.91DISMX Dfa InternationalPairCorr
  0.61DRIWX Dimensional 2030 TargetPairCorr
  0.66DRIUX Dimensional 2025 TargetPairCorr
  0.65DRIRX Dimensional 2020 TargetPairCorr
  0.62DRIQX Dimensional 2015 TargetPairCorr
  0.94DAADX Dfa Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.81DRXIX Dfa Ltip PortfolioPairCorr
  0.9DSCLX Dfa International SocialPairCorr
  0.74DSFIX Dfa Social FixedPairCorr
  0.75DCMSX Dfa Commodity StrategyPairCorr
  0.96DEMSX Emerging Markets SmallPairCorr
  0.89DEMGX Emerging Markets TargetedPairCorr

Moving against Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.8DNYMX Dfa Ny MunicipalPairCorr
  0.83DTCPX Dfa Targeted CreditPairCorr
  0.57DUSQX Us Lg CapPairCorr
  0.46DAABX Dfa SustainabilityPairCorr
  0.39DSCGX Dfa SmallPairCorr
  0.79DFABX Dfa Investment DimensionsPairCorr
  0.75DFCMX Dfa Calfrna ShrtPairCorr
  0.32DUSLX Dfa LargePairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VEMAX  0.64 (0.14) 0.00 (1.42) 0.00 
 1.37 
 3.93 
VEIEX  0.64 (0.14) 0.00 (1.48) 0.00 
 1.37 
 3.89 
VEMIX  0.61 (0.10) 0.00 (0.99) 0.00 
 1.38 
 3.33 
VEMRX  0.61 (0.10) 0.00 (0.99) 0.00 
 1.37 
 3.32 
FWWNX  0.57 (0.15) 0.00  3.09  0.00 
 0.80 
 5.10 
FNFWX  0.56 (0.15) 0.00  3.35  0.00 
 0.79 
 5.03 
NEWFX  0.56 (0.15) 0.00  4.00  0.00 
 0.80 
 4.75 
NWFFX  0.56 (0.15) 0.00  3.81  0.00 
 0.79 
 4.78 
NEWCX  0.55 (0.14) 0.00  7.67  0.00 
 0.79 
 4.09 
ODVYX  0.61 (0.14) 0.00 (2.67) 0.00 
 1.26 
 3.57