Parnassus Mid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Parnassus Mid Cap and Parnassus Endeavor Fund is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Parnassus Mid 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.

Parnassus Mid Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Parnassus Mid Cap and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Parnassus Mid Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Parnassus Mutual Fund

  0.92PFGEX Parnassus FundsPairCorr
  0.96PFPRX Parnassus Fund InstPairCorr
  1.0PFPMX Parnassus Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98PFPWX Parnassus EndeavorPairCorr
  0.9PRBLX Parnassus E EquityPairCorr
  0.96PRILX Parnassus Equity IncmePairCorr
  0.96PARNX Parnassus Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.98PARWX Parnassus EndeavorPairCorr
  0.94VIMAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94VIMSX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94VMCPX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94VMCIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.9VEXAX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.9VEMPX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.86VIEIX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.9VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.9VEXMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.86FSMAX Fidelity Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.8LSHCX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.8KNPAX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.79KMKAX Kinetics Market Oppo Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.79KNPYX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.73SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.62LETRX Voya Russia FundPairCorr
  0.79KNPCX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.79KMKCX Kinetics Market Oppo Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.81LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.79WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.79RQECX Resq Dynamic AllocationPairCorr
  0.7RIV Rivernorth OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.9LLPFX Longleaf PartnersPairCorr
  0.94INDEX Sp 500 EqualPairCorr
  0.85FEMDX Franklin Emerging MarketPairCorr
  0.96WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.83GAB Gabelli Equity TrustPairCorr
  0.85SCRYX Small Cap CorePairCorr
  0.94VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr

Moving against Parnassus Mutual Fund

  0.46PFPLX Parnassus Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.46PRFIX Parnassus Fixed IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Parnassus Mutual Fund performing well and Parnassus Mid 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 Parnassus Mid'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.