Morgan Stanley Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Morgan Stanley Emerging and Vanguard Total Stock is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Morgan Stanley 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.

Morgan Stanley Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Morgan Stanley Emerging and DJI is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Morgan Stanley Emerging and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Morgan Mutual Fund

  0.63VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.66VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.83XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr
  0.85XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.72NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.83PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.82XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr
  0.63FBALX Fidelity BalancedPairCorr
  0.64VVIMX Voya Vacs IndexPairCorr
  0.74FSBCX Federated Global AllPairCorr
  0.68LIPIX Blackrock Lifepath IdxPairCorr
  0.8MSTGX Morningstar Global IncomePairCorr
  0.69NAN Nuveen New YorkPairCorr

Moving against Morgan Mutual Fund

  0.52AQMIX Aqr Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.76DXKSX Direxion Monthly 7 Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.65JSORX Jpmorgan Strategic IncomePairCorr
  0.57ACTVX Zero Pon 2025PairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Morgan Mutual Fund performing well and Morgan Stanley 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 Morgan Stanley'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VTSAX  0.61  0.06  0.04  1.18  0.83 
 1.30 
 5.93 
VFIAX  0.58  0.05  0.04  0.17  0.81 
 1.23 
 5.48 
VTSMX  0.60  0.05  0.04  0.17  0.84 
 1.29 
 5.95 
VITSX  0.61  0.05  0.04  0.17  0.84 
 1.30 
 5.95 
VSTSX  0.60  0.05  0.04  0.17  0.83 
 1.29 
 5.94 
VSMPX  0.60  0.05  0.04  0.17  0.83 
 1.29 
 5.94 
VFINX  0.58  0.05  0.04  0.17  0.81 
 1.23 
 5.48 
VFFSX  0.58  0.05  0.04  0.17  0.81 
 1.23 
 5.47 
VGTSX  0.55 (0.05) 0.00 (0.42) 0.00 
 1.12 
 3.44 
VTIAX  0.53 (0.06) 0.00 (0.18) 0.00 
 1.12 
 3.47