High Yield Correlations

PHDCX Fund  USD 8.05  0.01  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between High Yield Fund and Pimco Rae Worldwide is 0.39 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of High Yield 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.

High Yield Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between High Yield Fund and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding High Yield Fund 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 High Yield Fund. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with High Mutual Fund

  0.81PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.9PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.91PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.88PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.63PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.65PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.91PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.82PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.81PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.62PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.91PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.9PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.8PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.78PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.81PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.62PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.91PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.8PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.77PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.82PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
PWLBXPWLEX
PWLMXPWLEX
PWLMXPWLBX
PWLIXPWLBX
PWLIXPWLMX
PFGCXPFGAX
  
High negative correlations   
PFATXPFBPX
PFANXPFATX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between High Mutual Fund performing well and High Yield 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 High Yield'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
PWLEX  0.30 (0.04) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 0.53 
 1.75 
PWLBX  0.32 (0.03) 0.00 (0.22) 0.00 
 0.54 
 1.49 
PWLMX  0.30 (0.03) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 0.53 
 1.60 
PWLIX  0.31 (0.04) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 0.53 
 1.47 
PFBPX  0.16  0.00 (0.07) 0.06  0.15 
 0.41 
 1.61 
PFCJX  0.12 (0.02) 0.00 (0.55) 0.00 
 0.22 
 0.76 
PFATX  0.36 (0.04) 0.00 (1.11) 0.00 
 0.77 
 1.82 
PFANX  0.11 (0.01) 0.00 (0.32) 0.00 
 0.22 
 0.76 
PFGAX  0.62 (0.09) 0.00 (0.73) 0.00 
 1.18 
 3.58 
PFGCX  0.62 (0.09) 0.00 (0.72) 0.00 
 1.25 
 3.65