Principal Global Correlations

PGSLX Fund   10.85  0.06  0.56%   
The current 90-days correlation between Principal Global Sus and Strategic Asset Management is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Principal Global 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 Global Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Principal Global Sustainable and DJI is 0.38 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Global Sustainable 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 Global Sustainable. 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.81PFIEX International EquityPairCorr
  0.85PFISX International Small PanyPairCorr
  0.67PFRSX Real Estate SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.69PFUMX Finisterre UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.71PGBAX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.74PGBLX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.72PGDCX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.73PGDIX Global Diversified IncomePairCorr
  0.69STCCX Short Term IncomePairCorr

Moving against Principal Mutual Fund

  0.57PFPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.44PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.65PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.65PGWIX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.49PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.49PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.65PHPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Principal Mutual Fund performing well and Principal Global 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 Global'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
SABPX  0.53 (0.07) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 0.85 
 4.92 
SACAX  0.75 (0.09) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.31 
 5.93 
SAGPX  0.66 (0.08) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 1.09 
 5.69 
PFIJX  0.22  0.01  0.04  0.05  0.23 
 0.42 
 1.52 
PFIEX  0.66  0.12  0.13  0.20  0.74 
 1.54 
 4.78 
PFIFX  0.23  0.01  0.04  0.04  0.22 
 0.50 
 1.51 
PFISX  0.62  0.13  0.15  0.20  0.61 
 1.49 
 5.30 
PFIPX  0.23  0.01  0.04  0.04  0.23 
 0.42 
 1.59 
SAIPX  0.31  0.00  0.00 (0.01) 0.37 
 0.64 
 1.79 
PFLJX  0.73 (0.06) 0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 1.27 
 5.11