Putnam Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Putnam Small Cap and George Putnam Balanced is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Putnam Small 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.

Putnam Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Putnam Small Cap 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 Putnam Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.73PEXTX Putnam Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.88PFJAX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.82PFLLX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.8PFRYX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.8PFRZX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.71PGBRX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.79PGEYX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.86PGFMX Putnam Global FinancialsPairCorr
  0.81PGEJX George Putnam BalancedPairCorr
  0.81PGELX George Putnam BalancedPairCorr
  0.68PGEMX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.69PGGDX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.69PGGEX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.81PGIOX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.81PGILX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.89PGLEX Putnam Global EquityPairCorr
  0.69PGLRX Putnam Global EquityPairCorr
  0.67PGOEX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.69PGPRX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.69PGORX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.82PGTRX Putnam Global TechnologyPairCorr
  0.82PGTYX Putnam Global TechnologyPairCorr
  0.75PGWTX Putnam Focused EquityPairCorr
  0.78PGVRX Putnam U SPairCorr
  0.79PYSCX Putnam Equity SpectrumPairCorr
  0.89PYSVX Putnam Small CapPairCorr
  0.78PYSTX Putnam Short TermPairCorr
  0.65PYTRX Putman Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.86PHAYX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.78PGP Pimco Global StocksplusPairCorr
  0.85PHPDX Putnam RetirementPairCorr
  0.62PHSRX Putnam Global HealthPairCorr
  0.87PHYMX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.86PHYUX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.71PICOX Putnam InternationalPairCorr
  0.71PICRX Putnam InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Putnam Mutual Fund performing well and Putnam Small 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 Putnam Small'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
PEXTX  0.13  0.01 (0.23) 0.25  0.00 
 0.26 
 0.78 
PFJAX  0.12  0.02 (0.17) 0.22  0.00 
 0.19 
 0.75 
PFLLX  0.07  0.00 (0.48)(0.02) 0.00 
 0.26 
 0.78 
PFRYX  0.08  0.00 (0.49)(0.01) 0.00 
 0.26 
 0.91 
PFRZX  0.09  0.00 (0.49)(0.01) 0.00 
 0.26 
 0.91 
PGBRX  0.12  0.01 (0.38) 0.32  0.00 
 0.30 
 0.50 
PGEYX  0.50  0.09  0.11  0.23  0.28 
 1.00 
 8.91 
PGFMX  0.32  0.09  0.05  3.74  0.11 
 0.72 
 2.83 
PGEJX  0.49  0.14  0.13  2.44  0.21 
 1.04 
 8.87 
PGELX  0.49  0.14  0.13  2.53  0.23 
 1.03 
 8.79