Inflation Protection Correlations

PIFPX Fund  USD 7.24  0.01  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between Inflation Protection and Strategic Asset Management is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Inflation Protection 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.

Inflation Protection Correlation With Market

Average diversification

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

  0.61PGDIX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr

Moving against Inflation Mutual Fund

  0.56SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.56PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.56PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.53PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.52SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.52SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.52SAGPX Strategic Asset Mana Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.51SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.45PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.44PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.39PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.38PFUMX Finisterre UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.61SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.6SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.59SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.56PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.53PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.5PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.5PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.47PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.35STCCX Short Term IncomePairCorr
  0.33PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.55SCUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.52PHSPX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.51PHJYX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.51PHJUX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.51PHTUX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.48PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Inflation Mutual Fund performing well and Inflation Protection 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 Inflation Protection'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
SABPX  0.54  0.15  0.22  0.29  0.17 
 0.81 
 10.26 
SACAX  0.74  0.18  0.22  0.26  0.47 
 1.16 
 13.36 
SAGPX  0.70  0.21  0.28  0.33  0.21 
 1.00 
 14.48 
PFIJX  0.19  0.01 (0.10) 0.09  0.07 
 0.40 
 1.20 
PFIEX  0.64 (0.03)(0.04) 0.01  0.94 
 1.12 
 4.47 
PFIFX  0.21 (0.01)(0.13) 0.00  0.29 
 0.48 
 1.11 
PFISX  0.65 (0.06) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.02 
 4.58 
PFIPX  0.18  0.01 (0.10) 0.09  0.06 
 0.40 
 1.03 
SAIPX  0.35  0.09  0.15  0.26  0.00 
 0.58 
 6.14 
PFLJX  0.70  0.09  0.08  0.15  0.75 
 1.14 
 9.95