Fixed Income Correlations

FXIMX Fund  USD 9.01  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Fixed Income Shares and Financials Ultrasector Profund is 0.33 (i.e., Weak 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Fixed Income Shares and DJI is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Fixed Mutual Fund

  0.76PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.64PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.76PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.76PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.65PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.76PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.63PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.65PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.7PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.7PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

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High negative correlations

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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.