Mfs Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Emerging Markets and Virtus Seix Government is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Mfs Emerging 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 Emerging Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Mfs Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Emerging Markets and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Mfs Emerging Markets. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.74HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.79MKVCX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.78MKVBX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.78MKVGX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.78MKVFX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.79MKVEX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.77MKVDX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.78MKVIX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.8MKVHX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.93EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.93EMLAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr

Moving against Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.64OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.57OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.57OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.57OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.57OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.54OTCGX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.56OTCBX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.54OTCCX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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