Mainstay Total Correlations

MTMNX Fund  USD 9.22  0.03  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay Total Return and California Municipal Portfolio is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Mainstay Total 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 Total Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Mainstay Total Return and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mainstay Total Return 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 Total Return. 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 Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.72MKINX Mainstay Tax FreePairCorr
  0.71MLRSX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.73MMRDX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.74EPLIX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.74EPLDX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.75EPSRX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.75EPSIX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.69MOINX Mainstay Epoch SmallPairCorr
  0.65VCRVX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.66VCRQX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.76MBERX Mainstay BalancedPairCorr
  0.93MSYEX Mainstay Mackay UncoPairCorr
  0.76MBINX Mainstay BalancedPairCorr
  0.73ICELX Mainstay Epoch InterPairCorr
  0.7MTBDX Mainstay Mackay TaxPairCorr
  0.77MTFEX Mainstay Mackay StrategicPairCorr
  0.78MTFDX Mainstay Mackay StrategicPairCorr
  0.78MTODX Mainstay Income BuilderPairCorr
  1.0MTRDX Mainstay Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.69KLGNX Mainstay Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.7MCINX Mainstay ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.77MCKNX Mainstay ConservativePairCorr
  0.76MCYAX Mainstay CandriamPairCorr
  0.76MCYCX Mainstay CandriamPairCorr
  0.76MCYIX Mainstay CandriamPairCorr
  0.76MCYSX Mainstay CandriamPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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