Total Return Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Total Return and Vanguard Institutional Index is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Total Return 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.

Total Return Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Total Return Fund and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Total Return Fund 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 Total Return Fund. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Total Mutual Fund

  0.97PWLEX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.96PWLBX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.96PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.96PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.72PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.88PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.73PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.96PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.96PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.96PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.96PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.98PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.73PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.85PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.96PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.73PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.96PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.91PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.92PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.85PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.96PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.93PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.93PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.63PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.97PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.63PGAIX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.99PGCAX Investment Grade PoratePairCorr
  0.62PGMAX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.98PGNPX Pimco Global BondPairCorr
  0.96PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.96PGSAX Pimco Global AdvantagePairCorr
  0.84PYMCX Pimco High YieldPairCorr

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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   
DODFXPRRIX
RERFXDODGX
DODFXRERFX
PRRIXRERFX
PRRIXDODGX
DODFXDODGX
  
High negative correlations   
PRRIXVINIX
DODFXVINIX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Total Mutual Fund performing well and Total Return 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 Total Return'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.