Pimco Credit Correlations

PCARX Fund  USD 9.77  0.02  0.21%   
The current 90-days correlation between Pimco Credit Absolute and Pimco Small Cap is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Pimco Credit 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.

Pimco Credit Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Pimco Credit Absolute and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Pimco Credit Absolute 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 Pimco Credit Absolute. 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 Pimco Mutual Fund

  0.79PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.86PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.86PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.72PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.72PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.95PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.86PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.71PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.79PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.72PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.87PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.66PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.72PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.78PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.77PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.67PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.92PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.9PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.86PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.93PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.71PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.9PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.8PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.68PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.73PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.92PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.61PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.8PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.74PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Pimco Mutual Fund

  0.8PWLBX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.47PWLEX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.4PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.38PWLIX 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   
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PWLIXPWLMX
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PFCJXPCKAX
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Pimco Mutual Fund performing well and Pimco Credit 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 Pimco Credit'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
PCARX  0.14  0.02 (0.61)(3.31) 0.00 
 0.31 
 0.83 
PCKAX  0.97  0.27  0.09  2.57  0.92 
 2.27 
 6.49 
PWLEX  0.37 (0.03) 0.00  0.96  0.00 
 0.79 
 2.43 
PWLBX  0.43 (0.09) 0.00 (0.95) 0.00 
 0.77 
 4.30 
PWLMX  0.37 (0.02) 0.00  0.54  0.00 
 0.79 
 2.40 
PWLIX  0.39 (0.02) 0.00  0.56  0.00 
 0.79 
 2.54 
PFBPX  0.14 (0.01)(0.78) 0.07  0.10 
 0.41 
 0.81 
PFCJX  0.13  0.07 (0.65)(5.16) 0.00 
 0.33 
 0.89 
PFATX  0.36 (0.02)(0.28) 0.00  0.46 
 0.78 
 2.84 
PFANX  0.13  0.07 (0.62)(5.73) 0.00 
 0.33 
 1.11