Mainstay Balanced Correlations

MBACX Fund  USD 32.35  0.19  0.59%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay Balanced and Commonwealth Real Estate is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Mainstay Balanced 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 Balanced Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Mainstay Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mainstay Balanced Fund 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 Balanced Fund. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.84MKHCX Mainstay High YieldPairCorr
  0.87MLACX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.87MLABX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.87MLAAX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.87MLAIX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.87MLRMX Mainstay Winslow LargePairCorr
  0.97MMPDX Mainstay Wmc ValuePairCorr
  0.97MMPCX Mainstay Map EquityPairCorr
  0.94MMRAX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.93MMRCX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.93MMRBX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.94MMRIX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.94MMRSX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.89MNERX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.89MNEVX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.88APSLX Mainstay Fiera SmidPairCorr
  0.89MNEAX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.88APSDX Mainstay Fiera SmidPairCorr
  0.89MNELX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.88MNEKX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.93EPLPX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.93EPLMX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.93EPLKX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.93EPLCX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.93EPLBX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.62EPSYX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.61EPSPX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.94MOEAX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr
  0.94MOECX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr

Moving against Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.4FCICX Mainstay PinestonePairCorr

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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 Mainstay Mutual Fund performing well and Mainstay Balanced 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 Balanced'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.