Mfs International Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mfs International New and Aew Real Estate is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Mfs International 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 International Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Mfs International New and DJI is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs International New 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 International New. 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.99OSMYX Oppenheimer Intl SmallPairCorr
  0.99OSCIX Oppenheimer Intl SmallPairCorr
  0.99OSMNX Oppenheimer Intl SmallPairCorr
  0.99TIDDX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  1.0MIDGX Mfs International NewPairCorr
  1.0MIDHX Mfs International NewPairCorr
  1.0MIDRX Mfs International NewPairCorr
  0.94ERH Allspring Utilities AndPairCorr
  0.9WHIYX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.9IVHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.9IHIFX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.89WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.9WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.74CSJZX Cohen Steers RealtyPairCorr
  0.74CSRSX Cohen Steers RealtyPairCorr
  0.95FDEGX Fidelity Growth StraPairCorr
  0.71IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.66CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.63CAT CaterpillarPairCorr

Moving against Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.61MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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