Dunham Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dunham Emerging Markets and New World Fund is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Dunham 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.

Dunham Emerging Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Dunham Emerging Markets and NYA is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dunham Emerging Markets and NYA 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 Dunham Emerging Markets. 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 population.

Moving together with Dunham Mutual Fund

  0.83DNAVX Dunham Dynamic MacroPairCorr
  0.66DNAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.71DNCGX Dunham PorategovernmentPairCorr
  0.67DNDGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  1.0DNEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.78DNFRX Dunham Floating RatePairCorr
  0.75DNIOX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.86DNINX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.83DNHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.66DNREX Dunham Real EstatePairCorr
  0.67DAAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.82DAAVX Dunham Dynamic MacroPairCorr
  0.71DACGX Dunham PorategovernmentPairCorr
  0.67DADGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  1.0DAEMX Dunham Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.78DAFRX Dunham Floating RatePairCorr
  0.81DAHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.75DAIOX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.86DAINX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.66DAREX Dunham Real EstatePairCorr
  0.8DCAVX Dunham Dynamic MacroPairCorr
  0.64DCAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.68DCCGX Dunham PorategovernmentPairCorr
  0.66DCDGX Dunham Small CapPairCorr
  0.79DCFRX Dunham Floating RatePairCorr
  0.68DCIOX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.86DCINX Dunham InternationalPairCorr
  0.79DCHYX Dunham High YieldPairCorr
  0.64DCREX Dunham Real EstatePairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dunham Mutual Fund performing well and Dunham 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 Dunham 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
NWFFX  0.48  0.04  0.05  0.05  0.62 
 1.04 
 2.91 
SCRYY  2.11 (0.09) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 4.01 
 15.76 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
MSTSX  0.48  0.03  0.03  0.03  0.73 
 0.92 
 3.08 
VIASP  1.32  0.29  0.13  0.21  1.79 
 3.96 
 13.41 
KNF  1.45 (0.08) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 2.47 
 8.13 
ARGGY  2.07 (0.16) 0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 4.40 
 10.12 
AMPL  3.37  0.04  0.01  0.99  5.51 
 7.08 
 34.55 
IO  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
TTNDF  2.73  0.41  0.10 (1.90) 2.63 
 9.12 
 28.51