Mfs Lifetime Correlations

MLLEX Fund  USD 12.56  0.01  0.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mfs Lifetime Income and Pace Municipal Fixed is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Mfs Lifetime 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 Lifetime Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Mfs Lifetime Income and DJI is 0.5 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mfs Lifetime 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 Lifetime 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 median.

Moving together with Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.72LFTFX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.61LFTJX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.65LFTGX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.74LFTHX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.73LFTMX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.75LFTNX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.71LFTKX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr
  0.71LFTLX Mfs Lifetime 2065PairCorr

Moving against Mfs Mutual Fund

  0.42UIVIX Mfs Intrinsic ValuePairCorr
  0.35HYPPX Mfs High YieldPairCorr
  0.52BRKBX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.52BRKAX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.5BRKCX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.49OTCAX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.47OTCGX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.46OTCHX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.45OTCIX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.45OTCJX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.45OTCKX Mfs Mid CapPairCorr
  0.51EMLBX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.51EMLAX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.51BRKUX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.51BRKVX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.51BRKRX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr
  0.51BRKTX Mfs Blended ResearchPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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