Mainstay Balanced Correlations

MBINX Fund  USD 31.04  0.04  0.13%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay Balanced and 1919 Financial Services is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Mainstay Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.45 (i.e., Very weak 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.63MKINX Mainstay Tax FreePairCorr
  0.83MLGRX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.83MLINX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.83MLRTX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.84MLRSX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.84MLRRX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.66MMHEX Mainstay Mackay HighPairCorr
  0.67MMHVX Mainstay High YieldPairCorr
  0.66MMRDX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.64MNODX Mainstay Mackay NewPairCorr
  0.65MNOVX Mainstay New YorkPairCorr
  0.94EPLIX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.94EPLDX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.92EPSRX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.92EPSIX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.75MOINX Mainstay Epoch SmallPairCorr
  0.91VCRVX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.91VCRQX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.99MSMIX Mainstay Map EquityPairCorr
  1.0MBERX Mainstay BalancedPairCorr
  0.62MTBDX Mainstay Mackay TaxPairCorr
  0.76MTFFX Mainstay Mackay StrategicPairCorr
  0.72MTINX Mainstay Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.71MTODX Mainstay Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.85MCINX Mainstay VertiblePairCorr
  0.78MCKNX Mainstay ConservativePairCorr
  0.93MCSSX Mainstay Mon StockPairCorr

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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.