Principal Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime 2015 and Bbh Partner Fund is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Principal Lifetime 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.

Principal Lifetime Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Principal Lifetime 2015 and DJI is 0.19 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Lifetime 2015 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Principal Lifetime 2015. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.99SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.99SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.99SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.69PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.7PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.72PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.92SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.99PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.91PFRSX Real Estate Securities Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.72SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.83PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.83PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.82PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.75PGDRX Diversified Real AssetPairCorr
  0.87PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.87PGRUX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.93PGSLX Principal Global SusPairCorr
  0.87PGRKX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.99SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.94SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.99SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.8PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.69PHJFX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.8PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.8PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.78PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.78PHJNX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.79PHJQX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Principal Mutual Fund performing well and Principal Lifetime 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 Principal Lifetime'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.