Putnam Asia Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Putnam Asia Pacific and Davis Financial Fund is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Putnam Asia 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.

Putnam Asia Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Putnam Asia Pacific and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Putnam Asia Pacific and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.73PPFAX Princeton PremiumPairCorr
  0.88PPFIX Princeton PremiumPairCorr
  1.0PAPIX Princeton AdaptivePairCorr

Moving against Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.34CIOCX Columbia Porate IncomePairCorr
  0.53AGIVX Invesco GovernmentPairCorr
  0.48BURGX Vest Large Cap Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.32ARTFX Artisan High IncomePairCorr
  0.31BCONX Barrow Hanley CreditPairCorr
  0.42VIGAX Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.4FSBDX Fidelity Series BluePairCorr
  0.32FDGRX Fidelity Growth PanyPairCorr
  0.32CGTUX Columbia Global TechPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Putnam Mutual Fund performing well and Putnam Asia 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 Putnam Asia'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.