Real Return Correlations

PRRIX Fund  USD 10.37  0.02  0.19%   
The current 90-days correlation between Real Return Fund and Nuveen Real Estate is 0.24 (i.e., Modest 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Real Return Fund and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Real Return Fund 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 Fund. 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

  0.89PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.89PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.62PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.66PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.62PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr

Moving against Real Mutual Fund

  0.38PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.35PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.35PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.44PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.43PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

CREMXPNDIX
FORFXCREMX
FORFXPNDIX
FIKMXFREAX
VRREXFREAX
FIKMXVRREX
  

High negative correlations

IVRSXPNDIX
IVRSXCREMX
FORFXIVRSX

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.