Pimco High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Pimco High Yield and Virtus Convertible is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Pimco High 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.

Pimco High Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Pimco High Yield and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Pimco High Yield and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Pimco Mutual Fund

  0.97VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.86VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.76BHYCX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.79BHYIX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.93BHYSX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.93BHYAX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.98FAHHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.98FTAHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.8AHTFX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.98AHTCX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.67SPMPX Invesco Steelpath MlpPairCorr

Moving against Pimco Mutual Fund

  0.35JNJ Johnson Johnson Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Pimco Mutual Fund performing well and Pimco High 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 Pimco High'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.