Parnassus Fixed Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Parnassus Fixed Income and Parnassus Fund Inst is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Parnassus Fixed 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 Fixed Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Parnassus Fixed Income and DJI is -0.13 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Parnassus Fixed Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Parnassus Mutual Fund

  1.0PRFIX Parnassus Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.96MWTNX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.96MWTSX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.99PTTPX Pimco Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.99PTRRX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.99PTRAX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.99PTTRX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.99FIWGX Strategic AdvisersPairCorr
  0.99DODIX Dodge IncomePairCorr
  0.96MWTIX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.96MWTRX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr

Moving against Parnassus Mutual Fund

  0.66PFGEX Parnassus FundsPairCorr
  0.66PFPGX Parnassus FundsPairCorr
  0.55PRBLX Parnassus E EquityPairCorr
  0.54PRILX Parnassus Equity IncmePairCorr
  0.47PFPMX Parnassus Mid CapPairCorr
  0.46PFPWX Parnassus EndeavorPairCorr
  0.46PARMX Parnassus Mid CapPairCorr
  0.46PARWX Parnassus EndeavorPairCorr
  0.37PFPRX Parnassus Fund InstPairCorr
  0.37PARNX Parnassus Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.72WCPSX Mobile TelecommunicatioPairCorr
  0.66URNQX Nasdaq 100 IndexPairCorr
  0.66TRHZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.65VMCIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.63HCMNX Hcm Dividend SectorPairCorr
  0.61WWLAX Westwood Largecap ValuePairCorr
  0.59DFMAX Davidson Multi CapPairCorr
  0.55SCRYX Small Cap CorePairCorr
  0.47PAROX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.4GAB Gabelli Equity TrustPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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