Mfs Strategic Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Strategic Income and Gamco International Growth is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Mfs Strategic 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 Strategic Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Mfs Strategic Income and DJI is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Strategic Income 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 Strategic Income. 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 producer price index.

Moving together with MFS Mutual Fund

  0.62LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.66MKVCX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.72MKVGX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.72MKVFX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.66MKVEX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.66MKVDX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.72MKVIX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.72MKVHX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.78BRKBX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.83BRKCX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.83BRKAX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.66EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88BRKUX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.83BRKVX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.88BRKRX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.88BRKSX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.83BRKTX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr

Moving against MFS Mutual Fund

  0.33OTCGX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.32OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.32OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.32OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.32OTCCX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.31OTCBX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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