Parametric Commodity Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Parametric Commodity and Ultra Short Fixed Income is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Parametric Commodity 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.

Parametric Commodity Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Parametric Modity Strategy and DJI is -0.02 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Parametric Modity Strategy and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Parametric Modity Strategy. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with PARAMETRIC Mutual Fund

  0.89ESHAX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.83ECSIX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.93ECRRX Eaton Vance ShortPairCorr
  0.93EGRAX Eaton Vance GlobalPairCorr
  0.99PCRIX CommodityrealreturnPairCorr
  0.99PCRRX CommodityrealreturnPairCorr
  0.97PCRPX Pimco ModityrealreturnPairCorr
  0.99PCSRX CommodityrealreturnPairCorr
  0.99PCRAX CommodityrealreturnPairCorr
  0.99PCRCX CommodityrealreturnPairCorr
  0.99PCRNX Pimco CommodityrealretPairCorr
  0.93PCLAX Pimco CommoditiesplusPairCorr
  0.92PCPCX Pimco CommoditiesplusPairCorr
  0.92PCLNX Pimco CommoditiesplusPairCorr
  0.77GHVIX Gmo High YieldPairCorr
  0.74HYT Blackrock Corporate HighPairCorr
  0.79UASBX Short Term BondPairCorr

Moving against PARAMETRIC Mutual Fund

  0.87ECGIX Eaton Vance GreaterPairCorr
  0.35ECSMX Eaton Vance SmallPairCorr
  0.32GCAVX Gmo Small CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between PARAMETRIC Mutual Fund performing well and Parametric Commodity 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 Parametric Commodity'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.