Real Return Correlations

PRAIX Fund  USD 11.80  0.04  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between Real Return Asset and Long Term Government Fund is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Real Return 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.

Real Return Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Real Return Asset and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Real Return Asset 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 Real Return Asset. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Real Mutual Fund

  0.95PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.95PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Real Mutual Fund performing well and Real Return 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 Real Return'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  0.36  0.10  0.08  4.03  0.06 
 0.94 
 2.23 
PWLBX  0.39  0.08  0.02  1.88  0.36 
 1.08 
 2.97 
PWLMX  0.36  0.11  0.09  3.76  0.00 
 1.07 
 2.33 
PWLIX  0.36  0.11  0.09  3.66  0.00 
 1.07 
 2.33 
PFBPX  0.10  0.01 (0.31) 0.18  0.00 
 0.20 
 0.71 
PFCJX  0.09  0.03 (0.22) 0.70  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.83 
PFATX  0.53  0.13  0.13  0.62  0.27 
 1.29 
 2.33 
PFANX  0.09  0.03 (0.22) 0.66  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.82 
PFGAX  0.35  0.02 (0.10) 0.30  0.39 
 0.72 
 1.72 
PFGCX  0.35  0.01 (0.11) 0.26  0.40 
 0.72 
 1.72