Mainstay High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay High Yield and American Funds Inflation is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Mainstay 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.

Mainstay High Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Mainstay High Yield and DJI is 0.37 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mainstay High Yield 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 High Yield. 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

  0.95MKHCX Mainstay High YieldPairCorr
  0.81MLACX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.81MLABX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.81MLAAX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.81MLAIX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.81MLRMX Mainstay Winslow LargePairCorr
  0.83MMPDX Mainstay Wmc ValuePairCorr
  0.82MMPCX Mainstay Map EquityPairCorr
  0.87MMRAX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.86MMRCX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.86MMRBX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.87MMRIX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.87MMRSX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.87MNERX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.86MNEVX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.8APSLX Mainstay Fiera SmidPairCorr
  0.87MNEAX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.8APSDX Mainstay Fiera SmidPairCorr
  0.88MNELX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.86MNEKX Mainstay Conservative EtfPairCorr
  0.82EPLPX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.81EPLMX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.81EPLKX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.82EPLCX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.81EPLBX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.85MOEAX Mainstay Growth EtfPairCorr

Moving against Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.49FCICX Mainstay PinestonePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mainstay Mutual Fund performing well and Mainstay 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 Mainstay 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.