Short Duration Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Short Duration Municipal and Diversified Municipal Portfolio is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Short Duration 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.

Short Duration Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Short Duration Municipal and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Duration Municipal 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 Short Duration Municipal. 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 Short Mutual Fund

  0.65PWLEX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.68PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.68PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.82PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.9PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.86PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.97PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.97PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.97PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.88PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.86PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.96PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.86PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.97PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.97PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.87PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.86PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.94PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.97PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.92PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.93PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.89PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.89PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.93PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.57PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.56PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.68PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Duration 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 Short Duration'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.