Matthews Asia Correlations

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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

Average diversification

The correlation between Matthews Asia Dividend and DJI is 0.12 (i.e., Average 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

  1.0MIPIX Matthews Asia DividendPairCorr
  0.9FPBFX Fidelity Pacific BasinPairCorr
  0.86MPACX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.86MIAPX Matthews Asia GrowthPairCorr
  0.86BRUFX Bruce Fund BrucePairCorr
  0.83KF Korea ClosedPairCorr
  0.8CEE Central Europe RussiaPairCorr
  0.94RIRAX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.84XEDDX Morgan Stanley EmergingPairCorr
  0.68MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.79GE GE AerospacePairCorr

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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.