Pimco Foreign Correlations

PFOAX Fund  USD 9.90  0.02  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between Pimco Foreign Bond and Foreign Bond Fund is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Pimco Foreign 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.

Pimco Foreign Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Pimco Foreign Bond and DJI is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Pimco Foreign Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Pimco Mutual Fund

  1.0PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.67PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.83PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.83PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.85PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.7PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.67PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.83PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  1.0PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.97PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.69PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.83PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.86PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  1.0PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  1.0PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.7PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.83PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  1.0PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.72PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  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   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Pimco Mutual Fund performing well and Pimco Foreign 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 Pimco Foreign'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.