Short-term Fund Correlations

PTSRX Fund  USD 9.66  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Fund and Volumetric Fund Volumetric is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Short-term Fund 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.

Short-term Fund Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Short Term Fund R and DJI is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Fund R 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 Short Term Fund R. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.81PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.78PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  1.0PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.63PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.64PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.88PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.87PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.83PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.61PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.31PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.87PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.82PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.81PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.81PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.81PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.81PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.78PGCAX Investment Grade PoratePairCorr
  0.69PGSAX Pimco Global AdvantagePairCorr
  0.63PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.51PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

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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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TQAAXVOLMX
ADOIXVOLMX
OPTCXTQAAX
OPTCXADOIX
TQAAXADOIX
  
High negative correlations   
CPUCXADOIX
CPUCXVOLMX
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CPUCXTQAAX
IAADXVOLMX
IAADXADOIX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short-term Mutual Fund performing well and Short-term Fund 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 Short-term Fund'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.