Calvert Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Calvert Emerging Markets and Calvert Global Energy is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Calvert Emerging 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.

Calvert Emerging Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Calvert Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.54 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Calvert Emerging Markets and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Calvert Mutual Fund

  0.95VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.94VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.95VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.95VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.98FWWNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.98FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.97NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.98NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr
  0.81BRUFX Bruce Fund BrucePairCorr
  0.92SPGSX State Street PremierPairCorr
  0.96KF Korea ClosedPairCorr
  0.94GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.94FPXIX Fidelity Advisor 529PairCorr
  0.87CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.66BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.86IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.83AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.63JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr

Moving against Calvert Mutual Fund

  0.63BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.58HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.57DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.4HPQ HP Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Calvert Mutual Fund performing well and Calvert Emerging 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 Calvert Emerging'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.