Putnam Ultra Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Putnam Ultra Short and Nuveen Minnesota Municipal is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Putnam Ultra 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.

Putnam Ultra Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Putnam Ultra Short and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Putnam Ultra Short 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 Putnam Ultra Short. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.72PEYAX Putnam Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.91PFICX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.76PFJAX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.91PFLRX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.92PFRYX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.92PFRZX Putnam Floating RatePairCorr
  0.69PGEOX George Putnam Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.69PGELX George Putnam Balanced Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.68PGEMX George Putnam Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.77PGIOX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.75PGODX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.75PGOEX Putnam Growth OpportPairCorr
  0.68PGPRX George Putnam Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.68PGPCX George Putnam Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.62PGTRX Putnam Global TechnologyPairCorr
  0.69PHPDX Putnam RetirementPairCorr
  0.62AABCX Putnam Dynamic AssetPairCorr
  0.68PMPCX Putnam Multi CapPairCorr
  0.69PMVAX Putnam Multi CapPairCorr
  0.77PMYYX Putnam Multicap CorePairCorr

Moving against Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.82PGHAX Putnam Global HealthPairCorr
  0.59PGEBX George PutnamPairCorr
  0.56PGGEX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.82PHSTX Putnam Global HealthPairCorr
  0.68PIERX Putnam InternationalPairCorr
  0.64PGVCX Putnam U SPairCorr
  0.62PGSIX Putnam U SPairCorr
  0.62PINCX Putnam IncomePairCorr
  0.61PHSBX Putnam Global HealthPairCorr
  0.42PGNBX Putnam InternationalPairCorr
  0.64PMVBX Putnam Multi CapPairCorr
  0.63PNSBX Putnam Small CapPairCorr
  0.61PNGAX Putnam InternationalPairCorr
  0.6PNVAX Putnam InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Putnam Mutual Fund performing well and Putnam Ultra 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 Putnam Ultra'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.