Fixed Income Correlations

FXIMX Fund  USD 8.99  0.04  0.44%   
The current 90-days correlation between Fixed Income Shares and Versatile Bond Portfolio is 0.12 (i.e., Average 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 0.24 (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 industry.

Moving together with Fixed Mutual Fund

  0.65PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.83PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.7PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.66PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.65PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.72PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.65PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.61PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.7PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.73PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.82PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.62PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.67PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.69PGCAX Investment Grade PoratePairCorr

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.