Mid Cap Correlations

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The correlation of Mid Cap 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.

Mid Cap Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Mid Cap Growth and DJI is -0.15 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mid Cap Growth 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 Mid Cap Growth. 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 price.

Moving together with Mid Mutual Fund

  0.68TIFUX International FixedPairCorr
  0.92MADSX Msif Advantage PortPairCorr
  0.92MAPPX Advantage Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.99MSCMX Morgan Stanley MultiPairCorr
  0.87MSCOX Msif Small PanyPairCorr
  0.61MSFEX Frontier Markets PorPairCorr
  0.92MSEQX Growth Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.99MSPTX Global Advantage PorPairCorr
  0.88MSSGX Small Pany GrowthPairCorr
  0.93MCRTX Morgan Stanley MultiPairCorr
  0.86MUOCX Msif Core PortfolioPairCorr
  0.67MEMLX Msif Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.76MGGPX Global OpportunityPairCorr

Moving against Mid Mutual Fund

  0.49MORGX Morgan Stanley MortgagePairCorr
  0.36MGILX Corporate Bond PortfolioPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mid Mutual Fund performing well and Mid Cap 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 Mid Cap'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.