Total Return Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Total Return and T Rowe Price is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Total 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.

Total Return Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Total Return Fund and DJI is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Total Return Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Total Mutual Fund

  0.75PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.97PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.93PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.73PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.91PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.89PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.9PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.89PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.88PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.88PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.88PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.82PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Total Mutual Fund

  0.35PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.75PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.33PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.38PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.37PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Total Mutual Fund performing well and Total 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 Total 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.