High Yield Correlations

MSYIX Fund  USD 8.54  0.01  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between High Yield Portfolio and Emerging Markets Equity is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of High Yield 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.

High Yield Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between High Yield Portfolio and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding High Yield Portfolio 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 High Yield Portfolio. 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 High Mutual Fund

  0.78TEMUX Emerging Markets EquityPairCorr
  0.86DINDX Global Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.87DINCX Global Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.9DINAX Global Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.89MLMAX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.89MLMCX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.66MLNSX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.89MLMIX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.89MLMSX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.62MLNCX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.65MLNAX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.66MLNIX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.77MMKBX Emerging Markets PorPairCorr
  0.76MMMPX Msif Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.79MNOPX International OpportunityPairCorr
  0.86THYUX High Yield FundPairCorr
  0.83TIIUX Core Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.78TILUX Inflation Linked FixedPairCorr
  0.81MPAIX Advantage Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.85MPBAX Global StrategistPairCorr
  0.8MPFDX Corporate Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.76MRGEX Msif Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.9MRHYX Msift High YieldPairCorr
  0.79MRNPX Msif InternationalPairCorr
  0.81MADSX Msif Advantage PortPairCorr
  0.86MAIJX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.86MAIHX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.79MSBOX Corporate Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.86MSAAX Active InternationalPairCorr
  0.86MSACX Active InternationalPairCorr
  0.66MSALX International AdvantagePairCorr
  0.81MSAQX Asia Opportunity PorPairCorr

Moving against High Mutual Fund

  0.62MSFLX Global Franchise PorPairCorr
  0.62MSGFX Global Franchise PorPairCorr
  0.58MSBQX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.58MSBWX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.58MSBVX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between High Mutual Fund performing well and High Yield 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 High Yield'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
TEMUX  0.60  0.10  0.09  0.25  0.52 
 1.36 
 4.07 
DINDX  0.15  0.01 (0.29) 0.37  0.00 
 0.37 
 0.93 
DINCX  0.14  0.01 (0.33) 0.20  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.95 
DINAX  0.15  0.01 (0.30) 0.61  0.05 
 0.38 
 0.94 
MLMAX  0.52  0.08 (0.03)(0.76) 0.65 
 1.22 
 4.42 
MLMCX  0.52  0.08 (0.03)(0.68) 0.64 
 1.24 
 4.40 
MLNSX  0.49 (0.07)(0.11) 0.01  0.69 
 0.91 
 4.14 
MLMIX  0.51 (0.03)(0.04) 0.07  0.65 
 1.24 
 4.44 
MLMSX  0.51 (0.03)(0.04) 0.07  0.66 
 1.24 
 4.43 
MLNCX  0.49 (0.07)(0.12) 0.01  0.69 
 0.94 
 4.12