Principal Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime Hybrid and Fidelity Freedom Blend is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Principal Lifetime 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.

Principal Lifetime Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Principal Lifetime Hybrid and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Lifetime Hybrid 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 Principal Lifetime Hybrid. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.97SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.98SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.98SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.84SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.65PXASX Principal Lifetime 2030PairCorr
  1.0PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.84PFPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.86PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.72PGBFX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.86PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.86PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.93PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.72PYASX Principal Lifetime 2040PairCorr
  0.92PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.84PGWIX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.97SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.73PHASX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.8SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.98SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.99PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

Moving against Principal Mutual Fund

  0.32PGRKX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.31PGRUX Global Real EstatePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Principal Mutual Fund performing well and Principal Lifetime 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 Principal Lifetime'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.