Municipal Bond Correlations

PFMIX Fund  USD 9.52  0.04  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between Municipal Bond and Pimco Rae Worldwide is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Municipal Bond 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.

Municipal Bond Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Municipal Bond Fund and DJI is -0.3 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Municipal Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Municipal Mutual Fund

  0.62PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.61PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.68PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.61PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.68PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.68PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.62PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.68PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.61PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.8PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.86PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

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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   
PFANXPFCJX
PFGCXPFGAX
PWLBXPWLEX
PWLMXPWLEX
PWLMXPWLBX
PWLIXPWLBX
  
High negative correlations   
PFGCXPFANX
PFGAXPFANX
PFGCXPFCJX
PFGAXPFCJX
PFANXPFATX
PFATXPFCJX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Municipal Mutual Fund performing well and Municipal Bond 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 Municipal Bond'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
PWLEX  0.28  0.01 (0.28) 0.20  0.27 
 0.62 
 1.85 
PWLBX  0.28  0.01 (0.27) 0.26  0.28 
 0.62 
 1.86 
PWLMX  0.27  0.01 (0.27) 0.23  0.26 
 0.61 
 1.84 
PWLIX  0.28  0.01 (0.26) 0.28  0.27 
 0.61 
 1.72 
PFBPX  0.14  0.01 (0.55) 0.26  0.00 
 0.30 
 0.92 
PFCJX  0.10  0.01 (0.61) 0.49  0.00 
 0.22 
 0.65 
PFATX  0.32 (0.05) 0.00 (0.42) 0.00 
 0.64 
 1.90 
PFANX  0.10  0.01 (0.78) 0.67  0.00 
 0.22 
 0.54 
PFGAX  0.54 (0.07) 0.00  0.41  0.00 
 1.14 
 3.52 
PFGCX  0.54 (0.07) 0.00  0.42  0.00 
 1.14 
 3.52