Inflation Protection Correlations

PIFPX Fund  USD 7.33  0.01  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between Inflation Protection and Principal Lifetime 2050 is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Inflation Protection 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.

Inflation Protection Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Inflation Protection Fund and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Inflation Protection 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 Inflation Protection 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 inflation.

Moving together with Inflation Mutual Fund

  0.73PFRSX Real Estate SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.64PGRUX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.61PGSLX Principal Global SusPairCorr
  0.65PGRKX Global Real EstatePairCorr

Moving against Inflation Mutual Fund

  0.36PGBGX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.35PGBEX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.36PGBHX Blue Chip FundPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Inflation Mutual Fund performing well and Inflation Protection 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 Inflation Protection'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
SABPX  0.53  0.20  0.27  2.01  0.00 
 0.84 
 11.40 
SACAX  0.74  0.26  0.28  2.33  0.31 
 1.17 
 14.71 
SAGPX  0.70  0.27  0.33  2.26  0.00 
 1.04 
 15.67 
PFIJX  0.19  0.04 (0.05) 0.92  0.00 
 0.48 
 1.76 
PFIEX  0.64  0.13  0.13  0.23  0.56 
 1.70 
 3.39 
PFIFX  0.20  0.03 (0.07) 0.19  0.00 
 0.48 
 1.67 
PFISX  0.62  0.12  0.11  0.25  0.68 
 1.41 
 3.86 
PFIPX  0.19  0.03 (0.07) 0.19  0.00 
 0.41 
 1.59 
SAIPX  0.35  0.13  0.18  1.61  0.00 
 0.59 
 6.99 
PFLJX  0.67  0.14  0.16  0.25  0.45 
 1.15 
 11.37