Matthews Asia Correlations

MSMLX Fund  USD 23.32  0.06  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between Matthews Asia Small and Matthews Asia Dividend 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Matthews Asia Small and DJI is 0.38 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Matthews Asia Small 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 Small. 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.72MPACX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.82MAPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.65MAPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.69MASGX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  0.65MATFX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.72MIAPX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.65MIPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.82MIPTX Matthews Pacific TigerPairCorr
  0.65MITEX Matthews Asia InnovatorsPairCorr
  0.69MISFX Matthews Asia EsgPairCorr
  1.0MISMX Matthews Asia SmallPairCorr
  0.65VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.65VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.65VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.64VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr

Moving against Matthews Mutual Fund

  0.47EMO Clearbridge Energy MlpPairCorr
  0.43OSPPX Oppenheimer Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.43SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.43SPMJX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr
  0.39ENPIX Oil Gas Ultrasector Steady GrowthPairCorr

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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.