Mfs International Correlations

MKVGX Fund  USD 17.85  0.01  0.06%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs International Large and Mfs Lifetime 2065 is 0.11 (i.e., Average 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Mfs International Large and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs International Large 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 Large. 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 census.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.61LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.66LFTJX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.67LFTGX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.71LFTHX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.71LFTMX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.72LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.7LFTLX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.85HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.61UIVIX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.7UIVQX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.68UIVNX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.68UIVVX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.7UIVRX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  1.0MKVCX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.91MKVBX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  1.0MKVFX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  1.0MKVEX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.9MKVDX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  1.0MKVIX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  1.0MKVHX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.75EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.77EMLAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68BRKVX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr

Moving against Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.41OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.39OTCGX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.38OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.38OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.38OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.38OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.4OTCBX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.39OTCCX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
LFTFX  0.46  0.03 (0.05) 0.32  0.62 
 0.98 
 3.11 
LFTJX  0.46 (0.03)(0.06) 0.03  0.64 
 0.99 
 3.12 
LFTGX  0.46 (0.03)(0.07) 0.03  0.63 
 0.99 
 3.14 
LFTHX  0.46 (0.02)(0.06) 0.04  0.63 
 0.98 
 3.18 
LFTMX  0.46 (0.02)(0.06) 0.04  0.63 
 0.98 
 3.18 
LFTNX  0.47 (0.02)(0.06) 0.04  0.63 
 0.98 
 3.09 
LFTKX  0.46  0.03 (0.05) 0.30  0.62 
 0.99 
 3.12 
LFTLX  0.47 (0.03)(0.06) 0.03  0.62 
 0.98 
 3.11 
HYPPX  0.15  0.01 (0.25)(10.53) 0.00 
 0.36 
 1.08 
UIVIX  0.58  0.02 (0.05) 0.40  0.73 
 1.32 
 3.76