Matthews Asia Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Asia Innovators and Matthews Asia Growth is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Matthews Asia 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.

Matthews Asia Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Matthews Asia Innovators and DJI is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Matthews Asia Innovators and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Matthews Asia Innovators. 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 census.

Moving together with Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.79MPACX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.92MAPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.83MAPIX Matthews Asia Dividend Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.81MCDFX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.8MCHFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.78MCSMX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.85MEGMX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.79MIAPX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.78MICDX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.74MICHX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.8MICFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.7MIJFX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.75MIPIX Matthews Asia Dividend Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.83MIPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.84MISFX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.7MJFOX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.87PNSIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97PRASX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.87TRZNX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97FSEAX Fidelity Emerging AsiaPairCorr
  0.75ASISX Invesco Asia PacificPairCorr
  0.76VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.76VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.76VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.67SGDLX Sprott Gold EquityPairCorr

Moving against Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.45MIDNX Matthews IndiaPairCorr
  0.34MINDX Matthews IndiaPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Matthews Mutual Fund performing well and Matthews Asia 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 Matthews Asia'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.