Fixed Income Correlations

FXICX Fund  USD 8.99  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Fixed Income Shares and Pimco Rae Worldwide is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Fixed Income 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.

Fixed Income Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Fixed Income Shares and DJI is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Fixed Income Shares and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Fixed Income Shares. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Fixed Mutual Fund

  0.96PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.93PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.93PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.98PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.98PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.99PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.93PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.67PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.98PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.96PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.96PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.93PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.95PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.99PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.94PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.94PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.85PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.94PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.93PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.93PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.88PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.98PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.94PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.96PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.87PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.87PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.87PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.87PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.87PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.88PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.89PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.87PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.99PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Fixed Mutual Fund

  0.81PWLBX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.53PWLEX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.46PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.44PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr

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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   
PFANXPFCJX
PFGCXPFGAX
PWLIXPWLEX
PWLIXPWLMX
PWLMXPWLEX
PFCJXPFBPX
  
High negative correlations   
PFANXPWLBX
PFCJXPWLBX
PFBPXPWLBX
PFANXPWLEX
PFCJXPWLEX
PFANXPWLMX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Fixed Mutual Fund performing well and Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income'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
PWLEX  0.38 (0.05) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 0.79 
 2.43 
PWLBX  0.44 (0.10) 0.00 (0.45) 0.00 
 0.77 
 4.30 
PWLMX  0.37 (0.04) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 0.79 
 2.40 
PWLIX  0.40 (0.04) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 0.79 
 2.54 
PFBPX  0.14  0.01 (0.57) 0.26  0.00 
 0.41 
 0.81 
PFCJX  0.13  0.06 (0.39) 1.03  0.00 
 0.33 
 0.89 
PFATX  0.35 (0.01)(0.22)(0.02) 0.45 
 0.78 
 2.84 
PFANX  0.13  0.06 (0.36) 1.02  0.00 
 0.33 
 1.11 
PFGAX  0.61 (0.05) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 1.11 
 2.89 
PFGCX  0.62 (0.05) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 1.11 
 2.88