Short Term Correlations

PTSRX Fund  USD 9.68  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Fund and Moderate Balanced Allocation is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Short Term 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 Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Term Fund R and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Fund R 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 R. 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 population.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.64PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.79PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.71PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.95PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.97PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.94PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.72PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.72PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.95PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.72PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.94PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.94PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.64PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.68PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.97PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.95PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.9PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.81PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.74PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.74PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.88PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.38PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.53PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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