MSC Industrial Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between MSC Industrial Direct and Insteel Industries is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as MSC Industrial moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if MSC Industrial Direct moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

MSC Industrial Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between MSC Industrial Direct and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding MSC Industrial Direct 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 MSC Industrial Direct. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in state.

Moving together with MSC Stock

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Moving against MSC Stock

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between MSC Stock performing well and MSC Industrial Company 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 MSC Industrial'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.