Government Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Government Bond and Principal Lifetime Hybrid is -0.08 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Government Bond 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.

Government Bond Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Government Bond Fund and DJI is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Government Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Government Bond Fund. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Government Mutual Fund

  1.0CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.95TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.94TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.94TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.77TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.77TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.8TWTCX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.71TWTIX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr
  0.9TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.91TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.76TWWOX Intermediate Term TaxPairCorr

Moving against Government Mutual Fund

  0.81TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.8AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.8TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.78TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.78TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.77TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.75TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.75TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.74TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.71AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.69TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.58TWSAX Strategic Allocation:PairCorr
  0.55TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.55TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.52AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.51AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.51AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.49AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.35TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.81TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.8TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.78TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.69TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.66ANOHX American Century SmallPairCorr
  0.65ANORX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.65ANONX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.65ANOGX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.65ANOIX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Government Mutual Fund performing well and Government Bond 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 Government Bond'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.