Mainstay Balanced Correlations

MBAIX Fund  USD 31.34  0.23  0.74%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay Balanced and T Rowe Price is 0.01 (i.e., Significant 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Mainstay Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.83MKTRX Mainstay Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.89MLACX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.89MLABX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.91MLAAX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.92MLAIX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.91MLRMX Mainstay Winslow LargePairCorr
  0.99MMPDX Mainstay Wmc ValuePairCorr
  1.0MMPCX Mainstay Map EquityPairCorr
  0.7MMRAX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.71MMRCX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.71MMRBX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.7MMRIX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.7MMRSX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.71MNERX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.71MNEVX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.67APSLX Mainstay Fiera SmidPairCorr
  0.7MNEAX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.64APSDX Mainstay Fiera SmidPairCorr
  0.69MNELX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.72MNEKX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.96EPLPX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.96EPLMX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.96EPLKX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.96EPLCX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.96EPLBX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.91FCGYX Mainstay Pinestone GlobalPairCorr
  0.92EPSYX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.92EPSPX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.92EPSKX Mainstay Epoch GlobalPairCorr
  0.67MOEAX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr

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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.