Parnassus Funds Correlations

PFGEX Fund   26.63  0.19  0.72%   
The current 90-days correlation between Parnassus Funds and Parnassus Funds is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Parnassus Funds 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 Funds Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Parnassus Funds and DJI is -0.02 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Parnassus Funds and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Parnassus Funds . 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 income.

Moving together with Parnassus Mutual Fund

  1.0PFPGX Parnassus FundsPairCorr
  0.63PFPRX Parnassus Fund InstPairCorr
  0.68PFPLX Parnassus Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.68PRFIX Parnassus Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.63PARNX Parnassus Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.75FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.75FFAFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.72GFACX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.83GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.74CGFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.72CGFCX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.74CGFAX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.74CGFEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.74RGAEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.7FRSLX Nuveen Mid CapPairCorr
  0.76IHSUX Hartford SmallPairCorr
  0.63ANOHX American Century SmallPairCorr
  0.61WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.62LMGYX Lord Abbett GrowthPairCorr
  0.75FRTCX Franklin LifesmartPairCorr
  0.79PMBPX Midcap Fund RPairCorr
  0.88IBNYX Ivy BalancedPairCorr

Moving against Parnassus Mutual Fund

  0.47RTPIX Rising Rates OpportunityPairCorr
  0.45QDARX Aqr Diversified ArbitragePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Parnassus Mutual Fund performing well and Parnassus Funds 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 Funds' 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
PFGEX  0.90  0.02 (0.05)(0.62) 1.40 
 1.92 
 5.68 
PFPGX  0.90  0.03 (0.04)(0.76) 1.40 
 1.95 
 5.66 
PFPRX  0.88 (0.07) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.53 
 8.22 
PFPLX  0.21 (0.02)(0.36)(0.15) 0.25 
 0.48 
 1.29 
PFPMX  0.77 (0.16) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 1.47 
 6.22 
PFPWX  0.67 (0.09) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.42 
 7.84 
PRBLX  0.78 (0.11) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 1.18 
 9.89 
PRFIX  0.22 (0.02) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 0.48 
 1.43 
PRILX  0.78 (0.11) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 1.17 
 9.86 
PARMX  0.77 (0.16) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 1.47 
 6.27