Principal Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime 2030 and Qs Moderate Growth is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Principal Lifetime 2030 and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Lifetime 2030 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  0.95SABPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.88SACAX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.9SAGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.71PFIJX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.71PFIFX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.68PFIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.97SAIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.61PXASX Principal Lifetime 2030PairCorr
  0.93PFLJX Principal Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.7PFPPX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.68SAUPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.71PFUMX Finisterre UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.77PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.76PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.76PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.93PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.8PGRTX Smallcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.69PGWIX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.95SCBPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.96SCIPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.91SCGPX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.96PHJEX Principal Lifetime HybridPairCorr

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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.