Mfs Lifetime Correlations

LFTMX Fund  USD 10.34  0.08  0.78%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Lifetime 2065 and Mfs Prudent Investor is 0.23 (i.e., Modest 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Mfs Lifetime 2065 and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average 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 population.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  1.0LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTJX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTGX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTHX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.93LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  1.0LFTKX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.93LFTLX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.92UIVIX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.92UIVCX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.92UIVPX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.92UIVQX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.92UIVNX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.92UIVMX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.98UIVVX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.92UIVRX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.78OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.79OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.79OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.79OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.7MKVCX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.7MKVBX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.75OTCGX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.71MKVGX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.7MKVFX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.75MKVEX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.7MKVDX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.75MKVIX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.71MKVHX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.78OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
FPPJX  0.30  0.03 (0.11) 0.42  0.30 
 0.59 
 1.62 
FPPQX  0.30  0.03 (0.12) 0.39  0.32 
 0.60 
 1.63 
FPPRX  0.30  0.03 (0.12) 0.36  0.33 
 0.53 
 1.71 
FPPSX  0.30  0.03 (0.12) 0.37  0.35 
 0.60 
 1.63 
FPPUX  0.30  0.03 (0.12) 0.45  0.33 
 0.52 
 1.71 
FPPVX  0.29  0.03 (0.12) 0.46  0.32 
 0.52 
 1.70 
LFTFX  0.47 (0.01)(0.11) 0.03  0.69 
 1.10 
 3.82 
LFTJX  0.47 (0.01)(0.11) 0.00  0.67 
 1.20 
 3.81 
LFTGX  0.47 (0.01)(0.11) 0.00  0.68 
 1.19 
 3.83 
LFTHX  0.48  0.00 (0.11) 0.04  0.66 
 1.10 
 3.71