Short-term Income Correlations

PSHIX Fund  USD 12.15  0.01  0.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Income and Small Midcap Dividend Income is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Short-term Income 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-term Income Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Short Term Income Fund and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Income 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 Short Term Income 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 Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.81SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.81SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.61SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.84PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.83PFIEX International EquityPairCorr
  0.83PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.87PFISX International Small PanyPairCorr
  0.83PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.81SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.82PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.66SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.71PFUMX Finisterre UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.79PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.79PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.87PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.98STCCX Short Term IncomePairCorr
  0.83PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.66SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.66SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.84PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.84PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.84PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.84PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.84PHJNX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.84PHJJX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.84PHJYX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.62PHJTX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.69PHJUX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.96PHSPX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.68PHTJX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.85PHTFX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.83PHTTX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.38PGDCX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short-term Mutual Fund performing well and Short-term Income 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-term Income'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.