Mainstay Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay Balanced and Blackrock Science Technology is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Mainstay Balanced 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.

Mainstay Balanced Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Mainstay Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mainstay Balanced Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Mainstay Balanced Fund. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.98MLACX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.98MLAAX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.98MLAIX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.98MLRMX Mainstay Winslow LargePairCorr
  0.68MMPDX Mainstay Wmc ValuePairCorr
  1.0MMPCX Mainstay Map EquityPairCorr
  0.99MMRAX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.99MMRCX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.68MMRIX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.99MMRSX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.99MNERX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.99MNEVX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.95APSLX Mainstay Fiera SmidPairCorr
  0.99MNEAX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.96APSDX Mainstay Fiera SmidPairCorr
  0.67MNELX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.99MNEKX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.64EPLPX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.99EPLMX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.99EPLKX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.99EPLCX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.97FCGYX Mainstay Pinestone GlobalPairCorr
  0.99EPSYX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.66EPSPX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.99EPSKX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.87FCIKX Mainstay PinestonePairCorr
  0.87FCICX Mainstay PinestonePairCorr
  0.67MOEAX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr
  0.99MOECX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr
  0.99MOEIX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr
  0.67MOERX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr
  0.99MOEVX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr
  0.62FCUPX Mainstay Pinestone EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mainstay Mutual Fund performing well and Mainstay Balanced 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 Mainstay Balanced'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.