Pimco Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Pimco Small Cap and Pimco International Stocksplus is 0.36 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Pimco Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Pimco Small Cap and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Pimco Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Pimco Mutual Fund

  0.63PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.86PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.64PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.86PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.64PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.81PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.86PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.81PXTNX Pimco Rae PlusPairCorr

Moving against Pimco Mutual Fund

  0.53PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.52PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.39PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.64PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.62PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.59PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.57PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.55PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.38PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.62PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.62PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.52PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.43PGCAX Investment Grade PoratePairCorr
  0.41PGSAX Pimco Global AdvantagePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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