Short-term Fund Correlations

PTSHX Fund  USD 9.68  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Fund and Jpmorgan Short Duration is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Short-term Fund 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 Fund Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Short Term Fund Institutional and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Fund Institutional 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 Fund Institutional. 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 rate.

Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.73PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.63PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.69PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.72PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.66PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  1.0PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.71PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.64PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.49PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.32PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.32PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.53PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.53PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.46PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.37PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.68PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.48PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.44PYMCX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.41PYMPX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.4PYMAX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.39PYMNX Pimco High YieldPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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