Mainstay Moderate Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay Moderate Growth and Intermediate Term Bond Fund is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Mainstay Moderate 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 Moderate Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Mainstay Moderate Growth and DJI is 0.64 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mainstay Moderate 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 Mainstay Moderate 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.77MLGRX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.77MLINX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.77MLRTX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.77MLRSX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.77MLRRX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.98MMRDX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.76MOINX Mainstay Epoch SmallPairCorr
  0.77KLGNX Mainstay Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.7MCINX Mainstay ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.83MCKNX Mainstay ConservativePairCorr

Moving against Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.51MSYEX Mainstay Mackay UncoPairCorr
  0.48MSYDX Mainstay UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.44ICELX Mainstay Epoch InterPairCorr
  0.38VCRQX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.36VCRVX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.45MTRDX Mainstay Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.44MTMNX Mainstay Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.39MXFEX Mainstay Floating RatePairCorr
  0.36MDHVX Mainstay Short DurationPairCorr
  0.33MXFNX Mainstay Floating RatePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mainstay Mutual Fund performing well and Mainstay Moderate 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 Moderate'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.