Matthews Asia Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Asia Growth and Matthews Asia Innovators 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 Growth and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Matthews Asia Growth 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 Growth. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.95MAPTX Matthews Pacific Tiger Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.77MAPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.78MASGX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.8MATFX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.75MSMLX Matthews Asia SmallPairCorr
  0.65MCDFX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.7MCHFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.64MCSMX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.94MEGMX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0MIAPX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.65MICDX Matthews China DividendPairCorr
  0.64MICHX Matthews China SmallPairCorr
  0.64MICFX Matthews ChinaPairCorr
  0.94MIEFX Matthews Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.7MIJFX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.78MIPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.95MIPTX Matthews Pacific Tiger Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.8MITEX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.78MISFX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.7MJFOX Matthews JapanPairCorr
  0.84VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.73VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.84VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.87FPBFX Fidelity Pacific BasinPairCorr
  0.69VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.76VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr

Moving against Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.31MIDNX Matthews India Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.31MINDX Matthews India Steady GrowthPairCorr

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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.