Mfs Emerging Correlations

MEDIX Fund  USD 12.60  0.02  0.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Emerging Markets and Mfs Alabama Municipal is 0.08 (i.e., Significant 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Mfs Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.32 (i.e., Weak 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.85LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.72LFTJX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.8LFTHX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.85LFTMX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.81LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.77HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.69MKVDX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.71MKVIX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.78MKVHX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.97BRKBX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.92BRKCX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.97BRKAX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.64EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.64EMLAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.76BRKUX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.92BRKVX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.79BRKSX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.76BRKTX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.97BRKIX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr

Moving against Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.38OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.33OTCBX 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.