Matthews Asia Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Asia Dividend and Matthews Pacific Tiger is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Matthews Asia Dividend and DJI is 0.46 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Matthews Asia Dividend 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 Dividend. 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 Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.78MPACX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.79MAPTX Matthews Pacific Tiger Potential GrowthPairCorr
  1.0MAPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.84MATFX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.65MSMLX Matthews Asia SmallPairCorr
  0.87MCDFX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.87MCHFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.85MCSMX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.85MEGMX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.78MIAPX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.87MICDX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.85MICHX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.87MICFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.73MIJFX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.79MIPTX Matthews Pacific Tiger Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.84MITEX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.85MISFX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.73MJFOX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.82VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.82VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.82VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.78FPBFX Fidelity Pacific BasinPairCorr
  0.71TREMX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.63PSDNX Putnam Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.69ABNOX Ab Bond InflationPairCorr
  0.61GIOIX Guggenheim Macro OppPairCorr

Moving against Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.43SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.39SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.32CISGX Touchstone Sands CapitalPairCorr

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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 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.