Real Return Correlations

PRAIX Fund  USD 11.37  0.01  0.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between Real Return Asset and Pimco Rae Worldwide is -0.23 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Real Return 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.

Real Return Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Real Return Asset and DJI is 0.32 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Real Return Asset 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 Real Return Asset. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Real Mutual Fund

  0.69PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.72PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.83PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.64PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.69PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.72PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.64PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.75PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.75PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.7PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.68PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.71PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.64PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.73PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.7PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.64PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.65PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.64PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.64PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.64PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.69PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Real Mutual Fund

  0.47PWLBX 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
PWLIXPWLEX
PWLIXPWLMX
PWLMXPWLEX
PFCJXPFBPX
PFANXPFBPX
  
High negative correlations   
PFANXPWLBX
PFCJXPWLBX
PFBPXPWLBX
PFANXPWLEX
PFCJXPWLEX
PFANXPWLMX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Real Mutual Fund performing well and Real Return 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 Real Return'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  0.40  0.00 (0.25) 0.12  0.47 
 0.94 
 2.43 
PWLBX  0.45 (0.06) 0.00 (1.09) 0.00 
 0.94 
 4.42 
PWLMX  0.39  0.00 (0.27) 0.07  0.43 
 1.07 
 2.40 
PWLIX  0.42  0.01 (0.25) 0.04  0.47 
 0.93 
 2.54 
PFBPX  0.15  0.03 (0.51)(1.97) 0.00 
 0.41 
 0.82 
PFCJX  0.14  0.07 (0.38)(3.08) 0.00 
 0.34 
 0.89 
PFATX  0.35 (0.01)(0.22)(0.02) 0.45 
 0.78 
 2.84 
PFANX  0.13  0.07 (0.36)(2.92) 0.00 
 0.33 
 1.11 
PFGAX  0.62 (0.01)(0.16)(0.94) 0.78 
 1.11 
 2.89 
PFGCX  0.62 (0.05) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 1.11 
 2.88