Principal Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime 2055 and Voya Government Money is 0.28 (i.e., Modest diversification). 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 2055 and DJI is -0.07 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Lifetime 2055 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Principal Lifetime 2055. 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 american community survey.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.66SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.65SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.86SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.66PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.62PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.61PFISX International Small PanyPairCorr
  0.61PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.86SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.84PFPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.66SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.81PFUMX Finisterre UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.64PGBAX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.63PGBLX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.85PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.99PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.61PGDCX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.94PGDIX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.82PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.75STCCX Short Term IncomePairCorr
  0.99PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.69PGRUX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.84PGWIX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.86SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.85SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.86SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  1.0PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.98PHJFX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  1.0PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.86PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  1.0PHJNX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.99PHJQX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.66PHJJX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

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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.