Principal Lifetime Correlations

PTDAX Fund  USD 15.58  0.85  5.17%   
The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime 2040 and Strategic Asset Management is 0.99 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Principal 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.

Principal Lifetime Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Principal Lifetime 2040 and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Lifetime 2040 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Principal Lifetime 2040. 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 nation.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.98SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.8SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.86SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.66PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.92SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.99PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.7SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.74PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.67PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.67PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.77PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.99SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.91SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.98SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.92PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

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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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PFISXPFIEX
SAIPXSABPX
PFIPXPFIJX
PFLJXSAIPX
PFIPXPFIFX
  
High negative correlations   
PFIEXSACAX
PFISXSACAX
PFIEXSAGPX
PFIEXSABPX
PFLJXPFIEX
PFISXSAGPX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Principal Mutual Fund performing well and Principal 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 Principal 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
SABPX  0.43 (0.08) 0.00  1.40  0.00 
 0.58 
 3.34 
SACAX  0.47  0.01 (0.01) 0.12  0.71 
 0.80 
 4.90 
SAGPX  0.50 (0.10) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 0.73 
 7.32 
PFIJX  0.21 (0.04) 0.00 (0.16) 0.00 
 0.33 
 1.97 
PFIEX  0.65 (0.10) 0.00 (2.76) 0.00 
 1.28 
 4.80 
PFIFX  0.22 (0.03) 0.00 (0.95) 0.00 
 0.41 
 1.14 
PFISX  0.62 (0.13) 0.00 (0.79) 0.00 
 1.64 
 4.97 
PFIPX  0.22 (0.04) 0.00 (0.51) 0.00 
 0.41 
 1.88 
SAIPX  0.28 (0.04) 0.00 (1.25) 0.00 
 0.55 
 2.27 
PFLJX  0.56 (0.08) 0.00  1.41  0.00 
 1.03 
 4.50