Long Term Correlations

PFGCX Fund  USD 14.09  0.05  0.36%   
The current 90-days correlation between Long Term Government and Aqr Long Short Equity is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Long Term 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.

Long Term Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Long Term Government Fund and DJI is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Long Term Government 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 Long Term Government 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 world development indicators.

Moving together with Long Mutual Fund

  0.72PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  1.0PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.72PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.71PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.71PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.75PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.72PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.74PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Long Mutual Fund performing well and Long Term 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 Long Term'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.