Qs International Correlations

LMGEX Fund  USD 21.00  0.01  0.05%   
The current 90-days correlation between Qs International Equity and Templeton Global Balanced is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Qs International 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.

Qs International Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Qs International Equity and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Qs International Equity 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 Qs International Equity. 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 commodities.

Moving together with LMGEX Mutual Fund

  0.95VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.95VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.84VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.95VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.84VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.96VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.96VDVIX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.96VTMNX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.96VDIPX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.84FSPSX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr
  0.72XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr
  0.74XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.7NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.7XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr
  0.71IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.69AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.78GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.71INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.62CAT CaterpillarPairCorr

Moving against LMGEX Mutual Fund

  0.35CVX Chevron Corp Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.58T ATT IncPairCorr
  0.5PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.5MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between LMGEX Mutual Fund performing well and Qs International 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 Qs International'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.