Long Term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Long Term Government and Franklin Small Cap is 0.11 (i.e., Average 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Long Term Government Fund and DJI is 0.17 (i.e., Average 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Long Mutual Fund

  0.65PWLEX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.65PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.64PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.78PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  1.0PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.68PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  1.0PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.73PHMIX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.76PMBIX Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.71PMLCX Municipal BondPairCorr

Moving against Long Mutual Fund

  0.55PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.54PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.54PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.54PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.38PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.33PGAIX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.42PZRPX Pimco Rae FundamentalPairCorr

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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.