Advantage Portfolio Correlations

MSPRX Fund  USD 24.76  0.05  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between Advantage Portfolio Class and Emerging Markets Equity is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Advantage Portfolio 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.

Advantage Portfolio Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Advantage Portfolio Class and DJI is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Advantage Portfolio Class 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 Advantage Portfolio Class. 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 population.

Moving together with Advantage Mutual Fund

  0.76MLNSX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.77MLNCX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.82MLNAX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.81MLNIX Global Centrated PorPairCorr
  0.94MMCGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.96MNOPX International OpportunityPairCorr
  0.86MPEGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.96MRNPX Msif InternationalPairCorr
  1.0MADSX Msif Advantage PortPairCorr
  0.86MACGX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.69MSBQX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.71MSBWX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.62MSBVX Morgan Stanley InstiPairCorr
  0.71MSALX International AdvantagePairCorr
  0.76MSAQX Asia Opportunity PorPairCorr
  0.81MSAWX Asia Opportunity PorPairCorr

Moving against Advantage Mutual Fund

  0.78DINDX Global Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.7DINCX Global Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.37DINAX Global Fixed IncomePairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Advantage Mutual Fund performing well and Advantage Portfolio 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 Advantage Portfolio'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
TEMUX  0.63  0.03 (0.04) 0.32  0.75 
 1.36 
 3.42 
DINDX  25.88  11.92  48.62  0.71  0.00 
 0.39 
 829.07 
MLMAX  0.65 (0.02) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 1.25 
 4.19 
MLMCX  0.65 (0.03) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 1.24 
 4.31 
MLNSX  0.64 (0.05) 0.00 (0.23) 0.00 
 1.16 
 3.81 
MLMIX  0.64 (0.08)(0.07) 0.00  1.07 
 1.27 
 4.17 
MLMSX  0.64 (0.02) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 1.27 
 4.25 
MLNCX  0.64 (0.05) 0.00 (0.26) 0.00 
 1.16 
 3.85 
MLNAX  0.64 (0.10) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.17 
 3.76 
MLNIX  0.64 (0.10) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.16 
 3.78