Mainstay Moderate Growth Fund Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

MGDBX Fund  USD 16.63  0.12  0.73%   
Assuming the 90 days horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Mainstay Moderate Growth is 'Strong Hold'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Mainstay Moderate Growth given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Mainstay Moderate. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Mainstay Moderate Growth, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Note, we conduct extensive research on individual funds such as Mainstay and provide practical buy, sell, or hold recommendation based on investors' investing horizon and their risk tolerance towards Mainstay Moderate Growth. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

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The Mainstay recommendation should be used to complement the buy-or-sell advice compiled from the current analysts' consensus on Mainstay Moderate Growth. Macroaxis does not own or have any residual interests in Mainstay Moderate Growth or other equities on which the buy-or-sell advice is provided. Please provide your input below to execute Mainstay Moderate's advice using the current market data and latest reported fundamentals.

Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Hold

Market Performance

OKDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Follows the market closelyDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails
For the selected time horizon Mainstay Moderate Growth has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.0887, Jensen Alpha of (0.02), Total Risk Alpha of (0.03), Sortino Ratio of (0.09) and Treynor Ratio of 0.0893
Our investment recommendation tool can cross-verify current analyst consensus on Mainstay Moderate Growth and to analyze the entity potential to grow in the current economic cycle. Use Mainstay Moderate Growth total asset, ten year return, as well as the relationship between the Ten Year Return and bond positions weight to ensure your buy or sell decision on Mainstay Moderate Growth is adequate.

Mainstay Moderate Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

The fund maintains about 7.15% of its assets in cash

Mainstay Moderate Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Mainstay Moderate's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Mainstay Moderate's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Mainstay Moderate daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Mainstay Moderate Growth price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Mainstay Moderate returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Mainstay Moderate.
Mean Return
0.07
Value At Risk
-0.98
Potential Upside
0.94
Standard Deviation
0.62
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Mainstay Moderate historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Mainstay Moderate Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Mainstay Moderate or New York Life Investment Management LLC sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Mainstay Moderate's price will be affected by overall mutual fund market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Mainstay fund's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.02
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.71
σ
Overall volatility
0.61
Ir
Information ratio -0.09

Mainstay Moderate Volatility Alert

Mainstay Moderate Growth exhibits relatively low volatility with skewness of -0.1 and kurtosis of 1.02. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Mainstay Moderate's mutual fund risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Mainstay Moderate's mutual fund price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Mainstay Moderate Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Mainstay Moderate's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Mainstay Moderate's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Mainstay Moderate and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Mainstay Moderate or determine the mutual funds which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Mainstay Moderate's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Mainstay Moderate by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Mainstay Moderate to competition
FundamentalsMainstay ModeratePeer Average
Price To Earning16.29 X6.53 X
Price To Book1.77 X0.74 X
Price To Sales1.13 X0.61 X
Year To Date Return13.24 %0.39 %
One Year Return19.81 %4.15 %
Three Year Return3.09 %3.60 %
Five Year Return7.82 %3.24 %
Ten Year Return6.84 %1.79 %
Net Asset795.7 M4.11 B
Last Dividend Paid0.020.65
Cash Position Weight7.15 %10.61 %
Equity Positions Weight79.86 %63.90 %
Bond Positions Weight1.44 %11.24 %

Mainstay Moderate Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Mainstay . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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