Mid Cap Correlations

MMCGX Fund  USD 21.43  0.26  1.23%   
The correlation of Mid Cap 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.

Mid Cap Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Mid Cap Growth and DJI is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mid Cap 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 Mid Cap 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 price.

Moving together with Mid Mutual Fund

  0.69TIFUX International FixedPairCorr
  0.92MADSX Msif Advantage PortPairCorr
  1.0MACGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.92MAPPX Advantage Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.99MSCMX Morgan Stanley MultiPairCorr
  0.91MSCOX Msif Small PanyPairCorr
  0.64MSFEX Frontier Markets Por Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.94MSEQX Growth Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  1.0MSKLX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.99MSPTX Global Advantage PorPairCorr
  0.91MSSGX Small Pany GrowthPairCorr
  0.85MSVEX Morgan Stanley VitalityPairCorr
  0.85MSVDX Morgan Stanley VitalityPairCorr
  0.85MSVMX Morgan Stanley VitalityPairCorr
  0.99MCRTX Morgan Stanley Multi Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.94MUOCX Msif Core PortfolioPairCorr
  0.65MEMLX Msif Emerging MarketsPairCorr

Moving against Mid Mutual Fund

  0.46MORGX Morgan Stanley MortgagePairCorr

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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   
FGFAXREMVX
FGFAXBXDCX
GQESXARTQX
REMVXBXDCX
GQESXFGFAX
GQESXREMVX
  
High negative correlations   
ARTQXBXDCX
GQESXCCMSX
FGFAXCCMSX
ARTQXCCMSX
REMVXCCMSX
BXDCXCCMSX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mid Mutual Fund performing well and Mid Cap 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 Mid Cap'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.