Fixed Income Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Fixed Income Shares and T Rowe Price is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Fixed Income 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.

Fixed Income Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Fixed Income Shares and DJI is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Fixed Income Shares and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Fixed Income Shares. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Fixed Mutual Fund

  0.62PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.62PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.86PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.88PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.9PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.98PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.98PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.98PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.92PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.82PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.98PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.9PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.98PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.98PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.85PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.91PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.92PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.98PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.94PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.95PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.91PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.91PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.98PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Fixed Mutual Fund

  0.54PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.52PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.64PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Fixed Mutual Fund performing well and Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income'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.