Permanent Portfolio Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Permanent Portfolio Class and Aggressive Growth Portfolio is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Permanent Portfolio 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.

Permanent Portfolio Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Permanent Portfolio Class and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Permanent Portfolio Class and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Permanent Mutual Fund

  0.97PRPFX Permanent Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.91PRTBX Short Term TreasuryPairCorr
  0.93PRVBX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.92PRVHX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.93PRVDX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.92PAGDX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.92PAGHX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.89PAGRX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.94ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.94BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.92BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.92FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.92FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.91RLBCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.91RLBBX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.94CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.91CLBEX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.92RLBFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.81VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.74VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.77VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.81VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.77VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.77VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.93VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.74VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.78VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.7NCICX New Enant IncomePairCorr
  0.76FSMUX Strategic AdvisersPairCorr
  0.88ISTNX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.94SLMCX Columbia SeligmanPairCorr
  0.83TRAIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.87SSTHX Wells Fargo ShortPairCorr
  0.62FGSIX Federated Mdt MidPairCorr
  0.89CVMAX Calvert Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.92JABSX Jhancock MultimanagerPairCorr
  0.89GSTOX Goldman Sachs SmallPairCorr
  0.86CDCRX Copeland Risk ManagedPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Permanent Mutual Fund performing well and Permanent Portfolio 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 Permanent Portfolio'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.