Parnassus Fixed Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Parnassus Fixed Income and Parnassus Fund Inst is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Parnassus Fixed 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.

Parnassus Fixed Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Parnassus Fixed Income and DJI is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Parnassus Fixed Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Parnassus Mutual Fund

  0.94PRFIX Parnassus Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.92MWTNX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.92MWTSX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.98PTTPX Pimco Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.99PTRRX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.99PTRAX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.92PTTRX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.99FIWGX Strategic AdvisersPairCorr
  0.99DODIX Dodge IncomePairCorr
  0.98MWTIX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.98MWTRX Metropolitan West TotalPairCorr
  0.7BBHLX Bbh Partner FundPairCorr
  0.73BSIKX Blackrock StrategicPairCorr
  0.71IMYCX Voya High YieldPairCorr
  0.85ICERX Mainstay Epoch InterPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Parnassus Mutual Fund performing well and Parnassus Fixed 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 Parnassus Fixed'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.