Mainstay Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay Sp 500 and Janus High Yield Fund is 0.68 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Mainstay 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.

Mainstay Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Mainstay Sp 500 and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mainstay Sp 500 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 Mainstay Sp 500. 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 Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.99MLACX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.99MLAAX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.87MLAIX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.99MLRMX Mainstay Winslow LargePairCorr
  0.97MMPCX Mainstay Map EquityPairCorr
  0.99MMRSX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.99MNERX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.61MNEVX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.99MNEAX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.99EPLCX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.98EPSYX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  1.0MOEAX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr
  1.0MOERX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr
  0.61MOPCX Mainstay Epoch SmallPairCorr
  0.77VCRCX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr

Moving against Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.59MMHDX Mainstay High YieldPairCorr
  0.55MNOCX Mainstay New YorkPairCorr
  0.52MNOIX Mainstay New YorkPairCorr
  0.51MMHAX Mainstay High YieldPairCorr
  0.51MNOAX Mainstay New YorkPairCorr
  0.5MMHIX Mainstay High YieldPairCorr
  0.42MNOLX Mainstay Mackay NewPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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