East West Correlations

EWBC Stock  USD 98.96  1.45  1.49%   
The current 90-days correlation between East West Bancorp and Barclays PLC ADR is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of East West 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.

East West Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between East West Bancorp and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding East West Bancorp and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in East West Bancorp. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of labor statistics.

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between East Stock performing well and East West Company 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 East West'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
BCS  1.69  0.12  0.04  0.12  2.67 
 2.80 
 13.04 
UBS  1.67 (0.12) 0.00 (1.31) 0.00 
 3.32 
 13.18 
ING  1.43  0.07  0.03  0.09  2.18 
 3.03 
 12.16 
C  1.62  0.16  0.05  0.14  2.91 
 3.26 
 14.99 
RY  0.89  0.16  0.11  0.31  1.12 
 2.03 
 8.28 
BAC  1.42  0.14  0.05  0.14  2.75 
 3.59 
 12.48 
JPM  1.31  0.22  0.10  0.22  1.95 
 2.75 
 11.14 
TD  0.79  0.27  0.25  0.71  0.71 
 2.74 
 4.45 
HSBC  1.36  0.00  0.00  0.03  2.31 
 3.47 
 8.94 
WFC  1.51  0.08  0.03  0.10  2.35 
 3.09 
 11.70 

East West Corporate Executives

Elected by the shareholders, the East West's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: East West inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of East. The board's role is to monitor East West's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. East West's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, East West's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Christopher CFAExecutive CFOProfile
Irene OhCFO, Executive VP, CFO of East West Bank and Executive VP of East West BankProfile
Parker ShiExecutive COOProfile