Mfs Intermediate Correlations

CIF Fund  USD 1.64  0.01  0.61%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Intermediate High and Voya Global Advantage is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Mfs Intermediate 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.

Mfs Intermediate Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Mfs Intermediate High and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Intermediate High 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 Intermediate High. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

Moving together with Mfs Fund

  0.83UTG Reaves Utility IfPairCorr
  0.85BTO John Hancock FinancialPairCorr
  0.89TWN Taiwan ClosedPairCorr
  0.93GDV Gabelli Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.73RNP Cohen Steers ReitPairCorr
  0.9DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.82AA Alcoa Corp Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.85BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.76AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.7GE GE Aerospace Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.61MRK Merck Company Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.75BA Boeing Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.84HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.73JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.8CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.67CVX Chevron Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.86PFE Pfizer Inc Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against Mfs Fund

  0.62BUBSX Baird Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.39PMZIX Pimco Mortgage OpporPairCorr
  0.35DAAIX Dunham AppreciationPairCorr
  0.34KO Coca Cola Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.33VZ Verizon Communications Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.31T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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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   
EADDHF
HIXHYI
IGDIGA
HYIEAD
GDOIGD
HIXEAD
  
High negative correlations   
IGDNCZ
EEANCZ
IGANCZ

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mfs Fund performing well and Mfs Intermediate 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 Intermediate'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
HIO  0.72  0.03  0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 1.28 
 8.00 
DHF  0.70 (0.03) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 1.27 
 8.82 
EAD  0.66 (0.01) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 1.28 
 7.98 
NCZ  1.18 (0.02) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 1.66 
 11.41 
HYI  0.45  0.02  0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 0.76 
 4.10 
HIX  0.68  0.03  0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 0.96 
 7.01 
IGA  0.93  0.20  0.12  0.10  1.68 
 1.59 
 13.56 
IGD  0.78  0.16  0.10  0.10  1.51 
 1.52 
 8.85 
GDO  0.66  0.12  0.14  0.12  1.21 
 1.25 
 6.90 
EEA  0.95  0.25  0.16  0.24  1.52 
 1.71 
 7.55