Putnam Growth Correlations

PGOYX Fund  USD 76.96  0.65  0.85%   
The current 90-days correlation between Putnam Growth Opport and Putnam Equity Income is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Putnam Growth 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.

Putnam Growth Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Putnam Growth Opportunities and DJI is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Putnam Growth Opportunities and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.92PEYAX Putnam Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.84PFICX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.83PFJAX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.84PFLRX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.84PFLLX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.84PFRYX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.84PFRZX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.88PGEYX George Putnam Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.88PGEJX George Putnam Balanced Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.88PGEOX George Putnam Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.88PGELX George Putnam Balanced Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.87PGEMX George Putnam Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.98PGIAX Pnc Fds GrPairCorr
  0.98PGIEX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.98PGIOX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.98PGILX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  1.0PGODX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  1.0PGOEX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.88PGPRX George Putnam Potential GrowthPairCorr
  1.0PGORX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.87PGPCX George Putnam Potential GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.7PGBRX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.36PXMAX Putnam Massachusetts TaxPairCorr
  0.31PEXTX Putnam Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.79PGHAX Putnam Global HealthPairCorr
  0.71PGGLX Putnam Global IncmPairCorr
  0.7PGGYX Putnam Global IncmPairCorr
  0.7PGGIX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.68PGGDX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.68PGGEX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.52PGLRX Putnam Global EquityPairCorr
  0.51PGLEX Putnam Global EquityPairCorr
  0.74PGVCX Putnam U SPairCorr
  0.74PGVRX Putnam U SPairCorr
  0.72PGSIX Putnam U SPairCorr

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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 Putnam Mutual Fund performing well and Putnam Growth 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 Putnam Growth'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
PEYAX  0.50 (0.01)(0.07) 0.11  0.40 
 0.95 
 3.16 
PEXTX  0.18  0.03 (0.24)(0.11) 0.24 
 0.38 
 1.78 
PFICX  0.08  0.02 (0.79) 0.69  0.00 
 0.25 
 0.76 
PFJAX  0.10  0.01 (0.44) 0.22  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.74 
PFLRX  0.07  0.02  0.00  2.54  0.00 
 0.13 
 0.76 
PFLLX  0.06  0.02  0.00  1.33  0.00 
 0.13 
 0.76 
PFRBX  0.02  0.00  0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 0.00 
 0.76 
PFRYX  0.07  0.02  0.00  1.26  0.00 
 0.13 
 0.89 
PFRZX  0.08  0.02 (0.77) 0.83  0.00 
 0.25 
 0.76 
PXMAX  0.15  0.02 (0.28)(0.07) 0.21 
 0.33 
 1.44