High Yield Correlations

PHYAX Fund  USD 8.08  0.01  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between High Yield Fund and Pimco Rae Worldwide is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of High Yield 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.

High Yield Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between High Yield Fund and DJI is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding High Yield Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with HIGH Mutual Fund

  0.72PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.67PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.94PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.94PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.88PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.69PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.94PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.77PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.72PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.69PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.89PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.89PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.75PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.71PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.71PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.7PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.65PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.94PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.74PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.83PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.85PGBIX 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   
PWLMXPWLEX
PWLMXPWLBX
PFGCXPFGAX
PWLBXPWLEX
PWLIXPWLEX
PWLIXPWLBX
  
High negative correlations   
PFATXPFBPX
PFATXPFCJX
PFANXPFATX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between HIGH Mutual Fund performing well and High Yield 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 High Yield'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  0.32 (0.01)(0.17)(0.09) 0.38 
 0.54 
 1.75 
PWLBX  0.34  0.00 (0.16) 0.03  0.38 
 0.54 
 1.49 
PWLMX  0.32  0.00 (0.17) 0.02  0.36 
 0.54 
 1.60 
PWLIX  0.32 (0.01)(0.16) 0.03  0.37 
 0.54 
 2.52 
PFBPX  0.15  0.00 (0.30) 0.12  0.13 
 0.41 
 1.61 
PFCJX  0.12 (0.01)(0.41)(0.46) 0.14 
 0.33 
 0.76 
PFATX  0.40 (0.01)(0.13)(0.14) 0.50 
 0.92 
 3.31 
PFANX  0.12  0.00 (0.42)(0.06) 0.09 
 0.32 
 0.76 
PFGAX  0.60 (0.06) 0.00 (0.41) 0.00 
 1.21 
 3.58 
PFGCX  0.60 (0.06) 0.00 (0.43) 0.00 
 1.28 
 3.65