Fixed Income Correlations

FXIEX Fund  USD 9.80  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Fixed Income Shares and T Rowe Price is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Fixed Income 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.

Fixed Income Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Fixed Income Shares and DJI is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Fixed Income Shares and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Fixed Income Shares. 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 commodities.

Moving together with Fixed Mutual Fund

  0.84PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.85PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.9PGCAX Investment Grade PoratePairCorr
  0.77PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.91PGSAX Pimco Global AdvantagePairCorr
  0.79PHDCX High Yield FundPairCorr
  0.9PIGIX Investment Grade PoratePairCorr
  0.89PIINX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.89PIMIX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.89PIPNX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.95FXICX Fixed Income SharesPairCorr
  0.63FXIDX Fixed Income SharesPairCorr
  0.91FXIMX Fixed Income SharesPairCorr
  0.72FXIRX Fixed Income SharesPairCorr
  0.69PMZCX Pimco Mortgage OpporPairCorr
  1.0PNYAX New York MunicipalPairCorr
  0.89PONAX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.89PONCX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.89PONRX Pimco IncomePairCorr
  0.89PONPX Pimco Incme FundPairCorr
  0.84PPQAX Pimco Realpath BlendPairCorr
  0.84PPQZX Pimco Realpath BlendPairCorr
  0.94PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.94PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr
  0.94PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.83PRQAX Pimco Realpath BlendPairCorr
  0.84PRQZX Pimco Realpath BlendPairCorr
  0.71PRRIX Real Return FundPairCorr
  0.89PAAIX All Asset FundPairCorr
  0.88PAALX All Asset FundPairCorr
  0.88PAANX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.89PALPX Pimco All AssetPairCorr
  0.88PASAX All Asset FundPairCorr
  0.88PASCX All Asset FundPairCorr
  0.7PARRX Real Return FundPairCorr
  0.86PAUIX Pimco All AssetPairCorr

Moving against Fixed Mutual Fund

  0.62PWLBX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.56PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Fixed Mutual Fund performing well and Fixed Income 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 Fixed Income'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.