Principal Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime Hybrid and Oil Gas Ultrasector is 0.45 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Principal Lifetime 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 Lifetime Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Principal Lifetime Hybrid and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Lifetime Hybrid 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 Lifetime Hybrid. 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 labor statistics.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.86SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.91SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.72SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.61PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.85SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.92PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.74PFPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.87PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.87PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.87PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.76PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.67PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.74PGWIX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.86SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.88SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.86SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.99PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.73PHJFX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  1.0PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  1.0PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.94PHJNX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.89PHJQX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

Moving against Principal Mutual Fund

  0.37PYHIX High Yield FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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