Real Return Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Real Return Fund and Vanguard Inflation Protected Securities is 0.03 (i.e., Significant 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

Modest diversification

The correlation between Real Return Fund 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 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Real Mutual Fund

  0.73PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.94PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.94PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.88PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.62PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.9PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.89PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.87PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.89PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.89PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.89PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.83PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Real Mutual Fund

  0.81PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.32PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr

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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.