Mfs Blended Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Blended Research and High Yield Fund R is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Mfs Blended 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 Blended Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Mfs Blended Research and DJI is -0.18 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Blended Research and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Mfs Blended Research. 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 Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.82LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.77LFTJX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.77LFTGX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.76LFTHX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.76LFTMX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.76LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.83LFTKX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.76LFTLX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.81HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.84UIVIX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.72UIVCX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.72UIVPX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.84UIVQX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.72UIVNX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.85UIVMX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.84UIVVX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.73UIVRX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.62MKVCX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.68MKVBX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.68MKVGX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.68MKVFX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.68MKVEX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.62MKVDX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.68MKVIX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.62MKVHX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.72EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.73EMLAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mfs Mutual Fund performing well and Mfs Blended 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 Blended'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.