Putnam Floating Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Putnam Floating Rate and George Putnam Balanced is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Putnam Floating 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.

Putnam Floating Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Putnam Floating Rate 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 Putnam Floating Rate and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.9PFRYX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.98PFRZX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr

Moving against Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.49PGBRX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.45PGGYX Putnam Global IncmPairCorr
  0.45PGGDX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.45PGGEX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.37PEXTX Putnam Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.53PYTRX Putman Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.32PGVRX Putnam U SPairCorr
  0.57PIFRX Putnam IncomePairCorr
  0.5PINFX Invesco Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.49PINHX Putnam Income FdPairCorr
  0.37PLFGX Putnam RetirementPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Putnam Mutual Fund performing well and Putnam Floating 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 Putnam Floating'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.