Mfs Diversified Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Diversified Income and T Rowe Price is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Mfs Diversified 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 Diversified Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Mfs Diversified Income and DJI is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Diversified Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Mfs Diversified Income. 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 income.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.93FPPJX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
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  0.93FPPRX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.93FPPSX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.93FPPUX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.93FPPVX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.87HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.93MKVCX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.93MKVBX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.93MKVGX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.93MKVFX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.93MKVEX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.93MKVDX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.93MKVIX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.93MKVHX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.77BRKBX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.77BRKCX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.78BRKAX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr

Moving against Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.34OTCGX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.33OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.33OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.33OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.33OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.34OTCBX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.34OTCCX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.31OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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