Principal Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime Hybrid and Short Duration Inflation is 0.36 (i.e., Weak 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 weak diversification

The correlation between Principal Lifetime Hybrid and DJI is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak 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 price.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.71PGBAX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.8PGDCX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  1.0PLKTX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.65PMDDX Small Midcap DividendPairCorr
  0.83PRDAX Diversified Real AssetPairCorr
  0.85AANTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.94CCKTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.94FAWTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.97TRLNX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.92FFLEX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.92FDKLX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.95FDKVX Fidelity Freedom 2060PairCorr
  0.95FVTKX Fidelity Freedom 2060PairCorr
  0.92FUIPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.7BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.69BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.7MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.8RQEIX Resq Dynamic AllocationPairCorr
  0.79MISAX Victory TrivalentPairCorr
  0.72PAAOX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.7ZGFIX Investec Global FranchisePairCorr
  0.62JAARX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.72VMPYX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.63BEMAX Brandes Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.73BTSIX Bts Managed IncomePairCorr
  0.61VESIX Vanguard European StockPairCorr
  0.72VWILX Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.67HDCEX Rational Dividend CapturePairCorr
  0.69HWDCX Hartford WorldPairCorr

Moving against Principal Mutual Fund

  0.49SHRMX Stone Ridge HighPairCorr

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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.