Mainstay High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Mainstay High Yield and Alphacentric Lifesci Healthcare is 0.46 (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 0.38 (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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.81MLGRX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.81MLINX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.77MLRTX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.81MLRSX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.81MLRRX Mainstay Large CapPairCorr
  0.9MMRDX Mainstay ModeratePairCorr
  0.85EPLIX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.85EPLDX Mainstay Epoch EquityPairCorr
  0.65MOINX Mainstay Epoch SmallPairCorr
  0.73VCRVX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.76VCRQX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.81MSMIX Mainstay Map EquityPairCorr
  0.86MBERX Mainstay BalancedPairCorr
  0.85MBINX Mainstay BalancedPairCorr
  0.61MTODX Mainstay Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.83KLGNX Mainstay Nerstone GrowthPairCorr
  0.87MCINX Mainstay ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.87MCKNX Mainstay ConservativePairCorr
  0.8MCSSX Mainstay Mon StockPairCorr

Moving against Mainstay Mutual Fund

  0.57ICELX Mainstay Epoch InterPairCorr
  0.32MTMNX Mainstay Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.39MGVNX Mainstay GovernmentPairCorr

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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.
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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.