Total Return Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Total Return and Oppenheimer International Diversified is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Total 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.

Total Return Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Total Return Fund and DJI is 0.19 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Total Return Fund 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 Total Return Fund. 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 Total Mutual Fund

  0.76PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.75PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.87PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.88PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.85PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.76PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.78PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.61PGMCX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.66PHIYX High Yield FundPairCorr
  0.9PIINX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.77PIMIX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.91PIPNX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.62PIXCX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.94PMZCX Pimco Mortgage OpporPairCorr
  0.91PONAX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.91PONCX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.78PONRX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.9PONPX Pimco Incme FundPairCorr
  0.68PAALX All Asset FundPairCorr
  0.69PAANX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.64PAIAX Pimco Short AssetPairCorr
  0.62PAIPX Pimco Short AssetPairCorr
  0.62PAIQX Pimco Short AssetPairCorr
  0.62PAMSX Pimco Short AssetPairCorr
  0.69PALPX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.68PASCX All Asset FundPairCorr

Moving against Total Mutual Fund

  0.56PWLBX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.49PSTIX Stocksplus Tr ShortPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Total Mutual Fund performing well and Total 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 Total 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.