Advantage Portfolio Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Advantage Portfolio Class and Global Opportunity Portfolio is 0.43 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Advantage Portfolio 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.

Advantage Portfolio Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Advantage Portfolio Class and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Advantage Portfolio Class 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 Advantage Portfolio Class. 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 american community survey.

Moving together with Advantage Mutual Fund

  0.85MLMAX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.84MLMCX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.76MLNSX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.85MLMIX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.85MLMSX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.75MLNCX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.74MLNAX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.73MLNIX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  1.0MMCGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.83THYUX High Yield FundPairCorr
  1.0MPAIX Advantage Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  1.0MPEGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.7TLGUX Large Cap EquityPairCorr
  0.7MRETX Msif Real EstatePairCorr
  0.82MRHYX Msift High YieldPairCorr

Moving against Advantage Mutual Fund

  0.87TEMUX Emerging Markets EquityPairCorr
  0.79MMKBX Emerging Markets PorPairCorr
  0.79MMMPX Msif Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.9TIEUX International EquityPairCorr
  0.79MRGEX Msif Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.65MRJCX Real Assets PortfolioPairCorr
  0.63MRJAX Real Assets PortfolioPairCorr
  0.61MRJIX Real Assets PortfolioPairCorr
  0.59TILUX Inflation Linked FixedPairCorr
  0.55TIIUX Core Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.5TIFUX International FixedPairCorr
  0.4MPFDX Corporate Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.31MPBAX Global StrategistPairCorr
  0.68MAIJX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.68MAIHX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.6MRJSX Real Assets PortfolioPairCorr
  0.39MAAQX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.39MAAUX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.39MAADX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Advantage Mutual Fund performing well and Advantage Portfolio 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 Advantage Portfolio'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.