Mfs Lifetime Correlations

MLFAX Fund  USD 20.79  0.08  0.38%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Lifetime 2040 and Mfs Prudent Investor is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Mfs Lifetime 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.

Mfs Lifetime Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Mfs Lifetime 2040 and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Lifetime 2040 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 Mfs Lifetime 2040. 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 nation.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  1.0LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.99LFTJX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.99LFTGX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTHX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTMX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTKX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTLX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.76HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.94UIVIX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.95UIVCX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.94UIVPX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.94UIVQX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.94UIVNX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.95UIVMX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.94UIVVX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.94UIVRX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.81OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.82OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.82OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.73OTCGX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.81OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.74OTCBX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.72OTCCX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.32MKVDX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.48EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.48EMLNX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.48EMLLX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.48EMLCX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.47EMLAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.47EMLKX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.47EMLJX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.47EMLIX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.43EMLMX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mfs Mutual Fund performing well and Mfs Lifetime 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 Mfs Lifetime'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
FPPJX  0.28 (0.01)(0.19) 0.06  0.34 
 0.58 
 1.82 
FPPQX  0.29 (0.01)(0.20) 0.04  0.35 
 0.58 
 1.74 
FPPRX  0.28 (0.01)(0.21) 0.03  0.35 
 0.59 
 1.85 
FPPSX  0.29 (0.01)(0.20) 0.04  0.35 
 0.58 
 1.83 
FPPUX  0.28 (0.01)(0.21) 0.05  0.33 
 0.58 
 1.82 
FPPVX  0.27 (0.01)(0.20) 0.05  0.33 
 0.51 
 1.82 
LFTFX  0.41  0.00 (0.07) 0.09  0.38 
 0.87 
 2.82 
LFTJX  0.40  0.00 (0.07) 0.08  0.39 
 0.87 
 2.93 
LFTGX  0.39  0.00 (0.08) 0.08  0.37 
 0.87 
 2.84 
LFTHX  0.41  0.00 (0.08) 0.09  0.38 
 0.86 
 2.80