Mfs Growth Correlations

The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Growth Allocation and Red Oak Technology is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Mfs Growth 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 Growth Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Mfs Growth Allocation and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Growth Allocation and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios. 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 interest.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.99LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.99LFTJX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.99LFTGX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.99LFTHX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.99LFTMX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.71LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.99LFTKX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.99LFTLX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.91UIVIX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.9UIVPX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.64UIVNX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.87UIVMX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.65MKVCX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.64MKVEX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.63MKVIX Mfs International LargePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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