Emerging Markets Correlations

EMRIX Fund  USD 14.55  0.24  1.62%   
The current 90-days correlation between Emerging Markets and Aig Government Money is 0.1 (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 Fund and DJI is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Emerging Markets Fund 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 Fund. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.67EMBAX Unconstrained EmergingPairCorr
  0.68EMBYX Unconstrained EmergingPairCorr
  0.67EMBUX Unconstrained EmergingPairCorr
  1.0EMRCX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.91EMRZX Vaneck Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0EMRYX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.61GHAIX Global Hard AssetsPairCorr
  0.61GHAYX Global Hard AssetsPairCorr
  0.61GHAAX Global Hard AssetsPairCorr
  0.61GHACX Global Hard AssetsPairCorr
  1.0GBFAX Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.87VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.92FWWNX American Funds New Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.92FNFWX American Funds New Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.92NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.92NWFFX New World Fund Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.84NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.86ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr

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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 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.