Mfs Institutional Correlations

MIEIX Fund  USD 40.56  0.90  2.27%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Institutional and Classic Value Fund is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Mfs Institutional 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 Institutional Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Mfs Institutional Internationa and DJI is 0.43 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Institutional Internationa 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 Mfs Institutional International. 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 Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.95VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.95VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.95VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.96VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.95VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.97VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.96VDVIX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.97VTMNX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.96VDIPX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.99FSPSX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr
  0.85CPAYX Columbia Pacific/asiaPairCorr
  0.87CASAX Columbia Pacific/asiaPairCorr
  0.75CCCZX Center St BrookfieldPairCorr
  0.88CASCX Columbia Pacific/asiaPairCorr
  0.9MGHRX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.9MSEQX Growth Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.9MSHLX Growth Portfolio ClassPairCorr

Moving against Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.41MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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