Principal Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime 2050 and Flexible Bond Portfolio is 0.09 (i.e., Significant 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Principal Lifetime 2050 and DJI is -0.14 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Lifetime 2050 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Principal Lifetime 2050. 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 inflation.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.9SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.88SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.89SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.64PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.65PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.68PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.85SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.67SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.74PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.74PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.75PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.84PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.9SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.86SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.89SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.89PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.75PHJFX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.99PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.88PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.88PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.88PHJNX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.93PHJQX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

Moving against Principal Mutual Fund

  0.61PYHIX High Yield FundPairCorr

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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.