Municipal Bond Correlations

PMLAX Fund  USD 9.40  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Municipal Bond and Pimco Rae Worldwide is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Municipal Bond 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.

Municipal Bond Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Municipal Bond Fund and DJI is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Municipal Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Municipal Mutual Fund

  0.68PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.62PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.79PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.79PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.75PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.64PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.98PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.83PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.75PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.63PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.68PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.64PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.61PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.62PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.62PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.69PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.63PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr
  0.74PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr

Moving against Municipal Mutual Fund

  0.31PFTCX Short Term 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   
PWLMXPWLBX
PWLIXPWLBX
PWLIXPWLMX
PFGCXPFGAX
PWLBXPWLEX
PWLIXPWLEX
  
High negative correlations   
PFATXPFBPX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Municipal Mutual Fund performing well and Municipal Bond 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 Municipal Bond'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  0.41 (0.16) 0.00 (0.73) 0.00 
 0.50 
 8.70 
PWLBX  0.42 (0.15) 0.00 (0.63) 0.00 
 0.62 
 8.93 
PWLMX  0.41 (0.15) 0.00 (0.53) 0.00 
 0.49 
 9.09 
PWLIX  0.41 (0.15) 0.00 (0.56) 0.00 
 0.49 
 8.98 
PFBPX  0.13 (0.02) 0.00 (0.53) 0.00 
 0.30 
 1.40 
PFCJX  0.12  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.22 
 1.51 
PFATX  0.35 (0.09) 0.00 (0.53) 0.00 
 0.64 
 2.82 
PFANX  0.12 (0.03) 0.00 (1.16) 0.00 
 0.21 
 1.71 
PFGAX  0.60 (0.17) 0.00 (1.55) 0.00 
 1.14 
 3.63 
PFGCX  0.61 (0.17) 0.00 (1.68) 0.00 
 1.14 
 3.63