Short-term Fund Correlations

PTSRX Fund  USD 9.69  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Fund and T Rowe Price is 0.02 (i.e., Significant 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Short Term Fund R and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor 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.
  
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Moving together with Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.64PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.63PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.66PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.86PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.74PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.97PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.94PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.93PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.76PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.79PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.96PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.74PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.97PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.93PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.71PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.74PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  1.0PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.97PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.92PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.86PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.85PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.85PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.9PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Short-term Mutual Fund

  0.77PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.75PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.84PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr

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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.