Short Duration Correlations

PSDCX Fund  USD 8.32  0.01  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Municipal and Pimco Rae Worldwide is 0.32 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Short Duration 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.

Short Duration Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Municipal and DJI is -0.02 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Duration Municipal 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 Short Duration Municipal. 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 Short Mutual Fund

  0.9PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.98PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.98PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.98PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.97PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.95PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.97PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.97PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.87PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.87PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.97PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.99PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.94PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.88PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.86PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.73PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.84PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.94PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.97PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.97PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.99PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.87PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.98PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.8PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.75PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.8PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.8PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.8PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.96PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.96PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.96PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.94PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.79PWLBX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.53PWLEX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.47PWLMX 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
PWLIXPWLEX
PWLIXPWLMX
PWLMXPWLEX
PFCJXPFBPX
PFANXPFBPX
  
High negative correlations   
PFANXPWLBX
PFCJXPWLBX
PFBPXPWLBX
PFANXPWLEX
PFCJXPWLEX
PFANXPWLMX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Duration 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 Short Duration'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