Mfs Emerging Correlations

MEDHX Fund  USD 12.15  0.02  0.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Emerging Markets and Mfs Prudent Investor is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Mfs Emerging 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 Emerging Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Mfs Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Emerging Markets 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 Emerging Markets. 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 rate.

Moving together with MFS Mutual Fund

  0.69FPPJX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.69FPPQX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.7FPPRX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.7FPPSX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.69FPPUX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.69FPPVX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.7MKVBX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.69BRXBX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.61MLLCX Mfs Lifetime RetirementPairCorr
  0.63MMGAX Mfs Georgia MunicipalPairCorr
  0.69MMICX Mfs Municipal IncomePairCorr
  0.7MMHCX Mfs Municipal HighPairCorr

Moving against MFS Mutual Fund

  0.34MNDAX Mfs New DiscoveryPairCorr
  0.34MNDIX Mfs New DiscoveryPairCorr
  0.34MNDRX Mfs New DiscoveryPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between MFS Mutual Fund performing well and Mfs Emerging 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 Emerging'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  0.28 (0.02)(0.28) 0.02  0.35 
 0.51 
 1.82 
FPPQX  0.29 (0.02)(0.29) 0.01  0.36 
 0.58 
 1.74 
FPPRX  0.28 (0.03)(0.30) 0.00  0.36 
 0.52 
 1.85 
FPPSX  0.29 (0.02)(0.30) 0.00  0.37 
 0.58 
 1.83 
FPPUX  0.29 (0.02)(0.30) 0.02  0.35 
 0.58 
 1.82 
FPPVX  0.27 (0.02)(0.30) 0.02  0.34 
 0.50 
 1.82 
LFTFX  0.43  0.07 (0.09) 1.29  0.40 
 0.87 
 2.82 
LFTJX  0.45 (0.03)(0.11) 0.08  0.53 
 0.87 
 2.93 
LFTGX  0.42  0.06 (0.09) 1.09  0.40 
 0.87 
 2.84 
LFTHX  0.46 (0.02)(0.10) 0.09  0.53 
 0.86 
 2.80