Mfs High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mfs High Income and Federated Government Income is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Mfs High 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 High Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Mfs High Income and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs High Income 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 High Income. 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 Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.96HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.71UIVIX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.62OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.62OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.65OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.65OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.67OTCGX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.61OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.63OTCBX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.63OTCCX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.76EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.76EMLAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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