Putnam Growth Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Putnam Growth Opport and Prudential Financial Services is 0.33 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Putnam 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.

Putnam Growth Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Putnam Growth Opportunities and DJI is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Putnam Growth Opportunities and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.69PGEYX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.69PGEJX George Putnam BalancedPairCorr
  0.69PGEOX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.69PGELX George Putnam BalancedPairCorr
  0.68PGEMX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.61PGIAX Pnc Fds GrPairCorr
  0.62PGILX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.98PGODX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.98PGOEX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.68PGPRX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.99PGOYX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.68PGPCX George PutnamPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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