Mfs Emerging Correlations

MEDCX Fund  USD 12.73  0.02  0.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Emerging Markets and Blackrock Science Technology is 0.35 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Mfs 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.

Mfs Emerging Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Mfs Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Emerging Markets 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 Mfs 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 private.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.77HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.8DIFIX Mfs Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.86EMLCX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.71MMUCX Mfs UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.72MMUJX Mfs UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.63MSRRX Mfs ResearchPairCorr
  0.8MTCCX Mfs TechnologyPairCorr
  0.68MBRRX Mfs Porate BondPairCorr
  1.0MEDAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.7MFBKX Mfs Porate BondPairCorr
  0.64MIGHX Massachusetts InvestorsPairCorr
  0.63MINIX Mfs International ValuePairCorr
  1.0FGBMX Fidelity New MarketsPairCorr
  1.0FGZMX Fidelity New MarketsPairCorr
  1.0FGWMX Fidelity New MarketsPairCorr
  1.0FGVMX Fidelity New MarketsPairCorr
  1.0FGYMX Fidelity New MarketsPairCorr
  1.0MEDIX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.98MEDBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0MEDEX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.76VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.76VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.76VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.81VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.81VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.77VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.77VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.77VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.81VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.76VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.92CAYCX California High YieldPairCorr
  0.75FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.88MLOIX Cohen Steers MlpPairCorr

Moving against Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.46MVCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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