Massachusetts Investors Correlations

MITTX Fund  USD 41.75  0.10  0.24%   
The current 90-days correlation between Massachusetts Investors and Alternative Asset Allocation is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Massachusetts Investors 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.

Massachusetts Investors Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Massachusetts Investors Trust and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Massachusetts Investors Trust 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 Massachusetts Investors Trust. 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 estimate.

Moving together with MASSACHUSETTS Mutual Fund

  0.83LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.87LFTJX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.82LFTGX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.89LFTHX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.83LFTMX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.83LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.88LFTKX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.83LFTLX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.62HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.97UIVIX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.96UIVCX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.96UIVPX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.97UIVQX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.96UIVNX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.96UIVMX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.96UIVVX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.97UIVRX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.95OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.95OTCGX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.95OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against MASSACHUSETTS Mutual Fund

  0.49MKVCX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.49MKVDX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.48MKVEX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.47MKVBX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.47MKVGX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.47MKVFX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.63EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.6EMLAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.6EMLNX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.46MKVIX Mfs International LargePairCorr
  0.46MKVHX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between MASSACHUSETTS Mutual Fund performing well and Massachusetts Investors 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 Massachusetts Investors' 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.