Parnassus Fund Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Parnassus Fund Inst and Parnassus Endeavor Fund is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Parnassus Fund 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 Fund Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Parnassus Fund Inst and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Parnassus Fund Inst and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Parnassus Mutual Fund

  0.91PFGEX Parnassus FundsPairCorr
  0.91PFPGX Parnassus FundsPairCorr
  0.97PFPMX Parnassus Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96PFPWX Parnassus EndeavorPairCorr
  0.94PRBLX Parnassus E EquityPairCorr
  0.94PRILX Parnassus Equity IncmePairCorr
  0.97PARMX Parnassus Mid CapPairCorr
  1.0PARNX Parnassus Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.96PARWX Parnassus EndeavorPairCorr
  0.96PAMCX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.96RRMGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.96TRQZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.96RPMGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9PRJIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9PRNHX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9TRUZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.93PCBIX Midcap Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.93PEMGX Midcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.93PMBCX Midcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.9VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.9VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.91VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.88RGRYX Victory Rs GrowthPairCorr
  0.75MSTSX Morningstar UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.74JRI Nuveen Real AssetPairCorr
  0.9VTWAX Vanguard Total WorldPairCorr
  0.78PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.94FBALX Fidelity BalancedPairCorr
  0.86VIGAX Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.83WCPSX Mobile TelecommunicatioPairCorr

Moving against Parnassus Mutual Fund

  0.39PRFIX Parnassus Fixed IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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