Putman Absolute Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Putman Absolute Return and George Putnam Balanced is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Putman Absolute 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.

Putman Absolute Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Putman Absolute Return and DJI is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Putman Absolute Return and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Putman Mutual Fund

  0.69PEXTX Putnam Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.72PFJAX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.61PFRYX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.61PFRZX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.78PGBRX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.7PGEYX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.68PGFMX Putnam Global FinancialsPairCorr
  0.68PGEJX George Putnam BalancedPairCorr
  0.68PGELX George Putnam BalancedPairCorr
  0.7PGEMX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.78PGGYX Putnam Global IncmPairCorr
  0.78PGHAX Putnam Global HealthPairCorr
  0.79PGGDX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.67PGGEX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.7PGIOX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.7PGILX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.69PGLEX Putnam Global Equity Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.68PGLRX Putnam Global EquityPairCorr
  0.7PGPRX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.7PGWTX Putnam Focused EquityPairCorr
  0.86PGVRX Putnam U SPairCorr
  0.75PYSCX Putnam Equity SpectrumPairCorr
  0.72PYSVX Putnam Small CapPairCorr
  0.66PYSTX Putnam Short TermPairCorr
  0.71PHAYX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.69PGP Pimco Global StocksplusPairCorr
  0.67PHPDX Putnam RetirementPairCorr
  0.81PHSRX Putnam Global HealthPairCorr
  0.81PHSYX Putnam Global HealthPairCorr
  0.72PHYMX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.71PHYUX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.73PICOX Putnam InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Putman Mutual Fund performing well and Putman Absolute 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 Putman Absolute'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
PEXTX  0.14  0.01 (0.18) 0.18  0.08 
 0.26 
 0.78 
PFJAX  0.12  0.01 (0.16)(4.95) 0.00 
 0.19 
 0.75 
PFLLX  0.08  0.00 (0.33) 0.23  0.00 
 0.26 
 0.65 
PFRYX  0.09  0.01 (0.30) 0.34  0.00 
 0.26 
 0.78 
PFRZX  0.10  0.01 (0.29) 0.36  0.00 
 0.26 
 0.78 
PGBRX  0.11 (0.01)(0.40)(0.04) 0.06 
 0.30 
 0.50 
PGEYX  0.48  0.09  0.11  0.21  0.29 
 0.85 
 8.91 
PGFMX  0.31  0.05  0.00  1.07  0.27 
 0.66 
 2.83 
PGEJX  0.48  0.11  0.09  1.30  0.32 
 0.85 
 8.87 
PGELX  0.48  0.11  0.09  1.34  0.33 
 0.84 
 8.79