Mfs Moderate Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Moderate Allocation and Prudential Health Sciences is -0.14 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Mfs Moderate 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 Moderate Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Mfs Moderate Allocation and DJI is -0.09 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Moderate Allocation 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 Moderate Allocation. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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