Putnam Tax Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Putnam Tax Exempt and Vanguard Small Cap Value is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Putnam Tax 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 Tax Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Putnam Tax Exempt and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Putnam Tax Exempt and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.88PEXTX Putnam Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.61PFJAX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.97PXMAX Putnam Massachusetts TaxPairCorr
  0.86PXMNX Putnam Minnesota TaxPairCorr
  0.89PXOHX Putnam Ohio TaxPairCorr
  0.61PGGYX Putnam Global IncmPairCorr
  0.61PGGIX Putnam Global IncomePairCorr
  0.78PGSIX Putnam U SPairCorr

Moving against Putnam Mutual Fund

  0.34PGIEX Putnam Global IndustrialsPairCorr
  0.33PGIAX Pnc Fds GrPairCorr
  0.33PGWTX Putnam Focused EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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