Principal Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime Hybrid and Prudential Financial Services is 0.67 (i.e., Poor 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 0.74 (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 income.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.89SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.91SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.89SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.67PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.68PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.71PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.9SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.94PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.64PFPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.68SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.8PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.81PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.81PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.67PGDRX Diversified Real AssetPairCorr
  0.83PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.65PGRUX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.65PGRKX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.65PGWIX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.88SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.92SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.86SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.81PHJFX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.99PHJGX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.99PHJBX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.99PHJDX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.97PHJNX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr
  0.94PHJQX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

Moving against Principal Mutual Fund

  0.31PYHIX 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.