Mfs Lifetime Correlations

LFTGX Fund  USD 10.46  0.06  0.58%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Lifetime 2065 and Mfs Prudent Investor is 0.64 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Mfs Lifetime 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 Lifetime Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Mfs Lifetime 2065 and DJI is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Lifetime 2065 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 Lifetime 2065. 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 price.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  1.0LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTHX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.92LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.91LFTLX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.7HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.84UIVCX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.84UIVPX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.84UIVQX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.8OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.8OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.8OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.8OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.69BRKUX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.69BRKVX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.69BRKTX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.69BRKIX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.7BRSUX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.7BRSSX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.7BRSJX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.7BRSDX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.69BRSBX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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