Mainstay Balanced Correlations

MBERX Fund  USD 32.83  0.14  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay Balanced and Mainstay Tax Free is -0.31 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Mainstay Balanced 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.

Mainstay Balanced Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Mainstay Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mainstay Balanced Fund 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 Mainstay Balanced Fund. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.9MLGRX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.9MLINX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.89MLRTX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.9MLRSX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.89MLRRX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.95MMRDX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.96EPLIX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.96EPLDX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.9MOINX Mainstay Epoch SmallPairCorr
  0.62VCRVX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.64VCRQX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.98MSMIX Mainstay Map EquityPairCorr
  1.0MBINX Mainstay BalancedPairCorr
  0.87KLGNX Mainstay Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.93MCINX Mainstay ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.82MCKNX Mainstay ConservativePairCorr
  0.97MCSSX Mainstay Mon StockPairCorr

Moving against Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.66ICELX Mainstay Epoch InterPairCorr
  0.49MTMNX Mainstay Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.48MSYDX Mainstay UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.46MSYEX Mainstay Mackay UncoPairCorr
  0.54MGVNX Mainstay GovernmentPairCorr
  0.47MTRDX Mainstay Total ReturnPairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mainstay Mutual Fund performing well and Mainstay Balanced 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 Mainstay Balanced'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
MKINX  0.16  0.02 (0.24)(0.10) 0.19 
 0.32 
 1.49 
MLGRX  0.78  0.04  0.02  0.15  1.15 
 1.72 
 5.55 
MLINX  0.78  0.04  0.02  0.15  1.12 
 1.72 
 5.58 
MLRTX  0.78  0.04  0.03  0.15  1.17 
 1.77 
 5.52 
MLRSX  0.78  0.04  0.03  0.16  1.13 
 1.72 
 5.49 
MLRRX  0.78  0.04  0.03  0.15  1.15 
 1.70 
 5.46 
MMHEX  0.19  0.04 (0.19)(0.14) 0.27 
 0.42 
 1.92 
MMHVX  0.19  0.03 (0.20)(0.14) 0.28 
 0.42 
 1.76 
MMRDX  0.36 (0.01)(0.13) 0.10  0.41 
 0.69 
 1.94 
MNODX  0.18  0.03 (0.21)(0.14) 0.23 
 0.41 
 1.76