Pimco Municipal Correlations

PMF Fund  USD 9.09  0.06  0.66%   
The current 90-days correlation between Pimco Municipal Income and Pimco Municipal Income is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Pimco Municipal 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.

Pimco Municipal Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Pimco Municipal Income and DJI is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Pimco Municipal Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving against Pimco Fund

  0.84TTP Tortoise Pipeline AndPairCorr
  0.81HIE Millerhoward High IncomePairCorr
  0.74NDP Tortoise Energy IndePairCorr
  0.48MMGTX Msvif Mid CapPairCorr
  0.44ACV Allianzgi DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.43MNHYX High Yield BondPairCorr
  0.37EMO Clearbridge Energy MlpPairCorr
  0.31CSQ Calamos Strategic TotalPairCorr
  0.7LLDYX Lord Abbett ShortPairCorr
  0.68GMODX Gmo Opportunistic IncomePairCorr
  0.66WSHNX Short Duration IncomePairCorr
  0.65OWSBX Old Westbury ShortPairCorr
  0.6HGOFX Hartford GrowthPairCorr
  0.49DPIGX Intermediate GovernmentPairCorr
  0.39ENGYX Cboe Vest SpPairCorr
  0.37PXASX Principal Lifetime 2030PairCorr

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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   
NEANZF
NZFNMZ
NEANMZ
NANNMZ
ENXNEA
ENXNMZ
  
High negative correlations   
NANEVY
ENXEVY
PAIEVY
EVYNMI
EVYNEA
EVYNZF

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Pimco Fund performing well and Pimco Municipal 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 Pimco Municipal'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.