Putnam Retirement Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Putnam Retirement and Putnam Equity Income is -0.12 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Putnam Retirement 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.

Putnam Retirement Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Putnam Retirement Advantage and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Putnam Retirement Advantage and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.72PEYAX Putnam Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.62PFICX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.61PFJAX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.63PFLRX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.99PFLLX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.62PFRYX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.99PFRZX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.65PXMNX Putnam Minnesota TaxPairCorr
  0.7PGBRX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.63PGEYX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.99PGFMX Putnam Global FinancialsPairCorr
  1.0PGEJX George Putnam BalancedPairCorr
  0.63PGEOX George PutnamPairCorr
  1.0PGELX George Putnam BalancedPairCorr
  0.63PGEMX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.72PGGYX Putnam Global IncmPairCorr
  0.72PGGDX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.72PGGEX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.65PGGLX Putnam Global IncmPairCorr
  0.7PGGIX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  1.0PGIAX Pnc Fds GrPairCorr
  1.0PGIEX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  1.0PGIOX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  1.0PGILX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.97PGLEX Putnam Global EquityPairCorr
  0.97PGLRX Putnam Global EquityPairCorr
  1.0PGODX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  1.0PGOEX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.63PGPRX George PutnamPairCorr
  1.0PGORX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  1.0PGOYX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  1.0PGPCX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.69PGSIX Putnam U SPairCorr

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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   
PFLRXPFICX
PFRYXPFICX
PFRYXPFLRX
PFRZXPFLLX
PXMAXPEXTX
PFJAXPFICX
  
High negative correlations   
PXMAXPFRBX
PFRZXPFRBX
PFRYXPFRBX
PFRBXPFLLX
PFRBXPFLRX
PFRBXPFJAX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Putnam Mutual Fund performing well and Putnam Retirement 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 Putnam Retirement'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
PEYAX  0.56  0.24  0.15 (2.50) 0.24 
 1.57 
 4.75 
PEXTX  0.17 (0.01)(0.48) 0.04  0.14 
 0.40 
 1.20 
PFICX  0.11  0.05  0.00  1.65  0.00 
 0.51 
 0.78 
PFJAX  0.15  0.07 (0.24) 1.68  0.00 
 0.39 
 1.17 
PFLRX  0.12  0.06 (0.51) 1.62  0.00 
 0.52 
 0.78 
PFLLX  0.12  0.04 (0.48) 0.65  0.00 
 0.52 
 0.78 
PFRBX  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
PFRYX  0.11  0.05 (0.50) 1.08  0.00 
 0.51 
 0.76 
PFRZX  0.11  0.04 (0.56) 0.70  0.00 
 0.51 
 0.89 
PXMAX  0.13 (0.01)(0.63)(0.01) 0.10 
 0.35 
 0.92