Advantage Portfolio Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Advantage Portfolio Class and Growth Portfolio Class is 0.98 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Advantage Portfolio 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.

Advantage Portfolio Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Advantage Portfolio Class and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Advantage Portfolio Class 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 Advantage Portfolio Class. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Advantage Mutual Fund

  0.91MLMAX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.91MLMCX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.84MLNSX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.9MLMSX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.84MLNAX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.93MMCGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.71TIFUX International FixedPairCorr
  0.99MPEGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.93MACGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.92MSCMX Morgan Stanley MultiPairCorr
  0.82MSCOX Msif Small PanyPairCorr
  0.95MAPLX Advantage Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.94MSEGX Growth Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.99MSEQX Growth Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.81MSHOX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr

Moving against Advantage Mutual Fund

  0.38MORGX Morgan Stanley MortgagePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Advantage Mutual Fund performing well and Advantage Portfolio 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 Advantage Portfolio'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.