Correlation Between Income Growth and Emerging Markets

Can any of the company-specific risk be diversified away by investing in both Income Growth and Emerging Markets at the same time? Although using a correlation coefficient on its own may not help to predict future stock returns, this module helps to understand the diversifiable risk of combining Income Growth and Emerging Markets into the same portfolio, which is an essential part of the fundamental portfolio management process.

By analyzing existing cross correlation between Income Growth Fund and Emerging Markets Small, you can compare the effects of market volatilities on Income Growth and Emerging Markets and check how they will diversify away market risk if combined in the same portfolio for a given time horizon. You can also utilize pair trading strategies of matching a long position in Income Growth with a short position of Emerging Markets. Check out your portfolio center. Please also check ongoing floating volatility patterns of Income Growth and Emerging Markets.

Diversification Opportunities for Income Growth and Emerging Markets

0.29

Correlation Coefficient

Income Growth  Emerging Markets

Modest diversification

The 3 months correlation between Income and Emerging is 0.29. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Income Growth Fund and Emerging Markets Small in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical prices or returns on Emerging Markets Small and Income Growth is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these equity instruments tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which returns on Income Growth Fund are associated (or correlated) with Emerging Markets. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when the price movement of Emerging Markets Small has no effect on the direction of Income Growth i.e., Income Growth and Emerging Markets go up and down completely randomly.

Pair Corralation between Income Growth and Emerging Markets

Assuming the 90 days horizon Income Growth Fund is expected to generate 43.39 times more return on investment than Emerging Markets. However, Income Growth is 43.39 times more volatile than Emerging Markets Small. It trades about 0.21 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Emerging Markets Small is currently generating about 0.26 per unit of risk. If you would invest  3,473  in Income Growth Fund on May 1, 2025 and sell it today you would earn a total of  343.00  from holding Income Growth Fund or generate 9.88% return on investment over 90 days.

Time Period	3 Months [change]
Direction	Moves Together
Strength	Very Weak
Accuracy	100.0%
Values	Daily Returns

Income Growth Fund  vs.  Emerging Markets Small

Income Growth

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Solid

Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Income Growth Fund are ranked lower than 16 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly weak forward indicators, Income Growth may actually be approaching a critical reversion point that can send shares even higher in August 2025.

Emerging Markets Small

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Solid

Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Emerging Markets Small are ranked lower than 20 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly strong basic indicators, Emerging Markets is not utilizing all of its potentials. The current stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors.

Pair Trading with Income Growth and Emerging Markets

The main advantage of trading using opposite Income Growth and Emerging Markets positions is that it hedges away some unsystematic risk. Because of two separate transactions, even if Income Growth position performs unexpectedly, Emerging Markets can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Emerging Markets will offset losses from the drop in Emerging Markets' long position.

The idea behind Income Growth Fund and Emerging Markets Small pairs trading is to make the combined position market-neutral, meaning the overall market's direction will not affect its win or loss (or potential downside or upside). This can be achieved by designing a pairs trade with two highly correlated stocks or equities that operate in a similar space or sector, making it possible to obtain profits through simple and relatively low-risk investment.

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Note that this page's information should be used as a complementary analysis to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Bollinger Bands module to use Bollinger Bands indicator to analyze target price for a given investing horizon.