Wasatch Frontier Correlations

WIFMX Fund  USD 3.61  0.03  0.82%   
The current 90-days correlation between Wasatch Frontier Emerging and Wasatch Small Cap is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Wasatch Frontier 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.

Wasatch Frontier Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Wasatch Frontier Emerging and DJI is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Wasatch Frontier Emerging and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.8WAFMX Wasatch Frontier EmergingPairCorr
  0.8WAISX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.82WAIGX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.64WGROX Wasatch E GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.62WILCX Wasatch Large CapPairCorr
  0.55WAIVX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.69MSTPX Morningstar MunicipalPairCorr
  0.53PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.48GEACX Gmo TrustPairCorr
  0.31FELIX Fidelity Advisor SemPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

WAGOXWAAEX
WAIOXWAGSX
WAISXWAFMX
WAISXWAIOX
WAESXWAEMX
WAISXWAGSX
  

High negative correlations

WAISXWAIVX
WAIVXWAFMX
WAIVXWAIOX
WAIVXWAGSX
WAISXWAESX
WAISXWAEMX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Wasatch Mutual Fund performing well and Wasatch Frontier 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 Wasatch Frontier'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
WAAEX  0.87 (0.12) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.99 
 5.02 
WAEMX  0.72 (0.03)(0.08) 0.01  0.76 
 1.43 
 4.24 
WAESX  0.64 (0.05)(0.09)(0.01) 0.83 
 1.14 
 4.19 
WAGSX  0.61 (0.10) 0.00 (5.46) 0.00 
 1.15 
 3.43 
WAGOX  0.73 (0.12) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.45 
 3.57 
WAFMX  0.58 (0.17) 0.00 (0.28) 0.00 
 0.85 
 3.70 
WAIOX  0.61 (0.19) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 0.97 
 2.85 
WAINX  0.58 (0.06) 0.00  3.76  0.00 
 1.30 
 4.03 
WAIVX  0.41  0.06  0.04  0.20  0.33 
 0.96 
 2.13 
WAISX  0.53 (0.21) 0.00 (0.27) 0.00 
 0.76 
 2.74