Aggressive Growth Correlations

PAGHX Fund  USD 92.92  2.10  2.21%   
The current 90-days correlation between Aggressive Growth and Prudential Short Duration is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Aggressive Growth 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.

Aggressive Growth Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Aggressive Growth Portfolio and DJI is 0.64 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Aggressive Growth Portfolio and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Aggressive Mutual Fund

  1.0PAGDX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  1.0PAGRX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.8VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.8VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.8VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.89VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.89VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.89VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.8VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.89VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.87VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.87VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.72PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr

Moving against Aggressive Mutual Fund

  0.39PRTBX Short Term TreasuryPairCorr
  0.35PRVDX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.31PRVBX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.42GF New Germany ClosedPairCorr
  0.38VSGDX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.38USGDX Morgan Stanley GovernmentPairCorr
  0.31HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Aggressive Mutual Fund performing well and Aggressive Growth 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 Aggressive Growth'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.