Mfs Diversified Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Diversified Income and Vanguard Money Market is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Mfs Diversified 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.

Mfs Diversified Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Mfs Diversified Income and DJI is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Diversified Income 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 Mfs Diversified Income. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.64LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.64LFTGX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.64UIVIX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.64UIVCX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.64UIVPX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.64UIVQX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.64UIVNX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.63UIVMX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.64UIVVX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.63OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.63OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.63OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.65BRKBX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.66BRKCX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.63OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.67EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.66EMLAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.66BRKUX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.65BRKVX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.66BRKRX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.65BRKTX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.66BRKIX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.67EMLNX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68EMLMX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.67DIFHX Mfs Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.67EMLKX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.67DIFGX Mfs Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.67DIFFX Mfs Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.67EMLIX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.67DIFEX Mfs Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.67DIFDX Mfs Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.63DIFCX Mfs Diversified IncomePairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mfs Mutual Fund performing well and Mfs Diversified 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 Mfs Diversified'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.