Prudential Short Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Prudential Short Duration and Gamco Global Opportunity is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Prudential Short 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.

Prudential Short Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Prudential Short Duration and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Prudential Short Duration and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with PRUDENTIAL Mutual Fund

  0.86VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.89VFSUX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.96VFSIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.96VFSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.97VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.94VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.97LALDX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.9VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.88LDLAX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.9LDLRX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.73HLDIX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.73HLDRX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.74HLDAX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.69HLDCX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.72HLDTX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.87GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.72CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.61MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.62CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.67AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.67AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.63MRK Merck Company Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.69JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.61KO Coca Cola Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against PRUDENTIAL Mutual Fund

  0.7BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.69VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.69T ATT IncPairCorr
  0.65HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.58PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.52CVX Chevron Corp Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.5HPQ HP Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between PRUDENTIAL Mutual Fund performing well and Prudential Short 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 Prudential Short'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.