Emerging Markets Correlations

AMKIX Fund  USD 14.77  0.02  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between Emerging Markets and Templeton Developing Markets is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Emerging Markets 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.

Emerging Markets Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Emerging Markets Fund and DJI is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Emerging Markets Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Emerging Markets Fund. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Emerging Mutual Fund

  1.0VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.99VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.99FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.99FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.99NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.99NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.99NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.99ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr
  0.86SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.87SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.96FELIX Fidelity Advisor SemPairCorr
  0.97ONERX One Rock FundPairCorr
  0.96RYVYX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.96RYVLX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.96FSELX Fidelity Select SemiPairCorr
  0.81AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.81BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.71TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.74JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.68WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.75AA Alcoa Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.67XOM Exxon Mobil CorpPairCorr

Moving against Emerging Mutual Fund

  0.73KO Coca Cola Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.67DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.42CEE Central Europe RussiaPairCorr
  0.32PG Procter Gamble Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Emerging Mutual Fund performing well and Emerging Markets 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 Emerging Markets' 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
TDMTX  0.68  0.17  0.12 (3.12) 0.78 
 1.45 
 5.52 
GEMAX  0.66  0.17  0.12 (1.71) 0.73 
 1.45 
 5.45 
TEDMX  0.67  0.17  0.13 (3.35) 0.75 
 1.46 
 5.45 
GCMAX  0.59  0.03 (0.03)(0.17) 0.66 
 1.52 
 4.60 
SMBYX  0.55  0.04 (0.03)(0.13) 0.68 
 1.35 
 4.29 
RLITX  0.55  0.05 (0.02)(0.18) 0.63 
 1.35 
 3.32 
LISIX  0.55  0.05 (0.02)(0.18) 0.63 
 1.29 
 3.32 
SEQFX  0.61  0.13  0.08 (1.49) 0.69 
 1.38 
 4.87 
CSVYX  0.94  0.13  0.07 (0.79) 0.93 
 2.12 
 7.50 
SGDLX  1.42  0.62  0.28  3.02  1.37 
 3.18 
 8.85