Permanent Portfolio Correlations

PRPFX Fund  USD 79.49  1.61  2.07%   
The current 90-days correlation between Permanent Portfolio Class and American Balanced Fund is 0.24 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Permanent Portfolio 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.

Permanent Portfolio Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Permanent Portfolio Class and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Permanent Portfolio Class and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with PERMANENT Mutual Fund

  1.0PRPHX Permanent Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.97PRPDX Permanent Portfolio ClassPairCorr
  0.92PRTBX Short Term TreasuryPairCorr
  0.95PRVBX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.92PRVHX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.94PRVDX Versatile Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.92PAGDX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.92PAGHX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.93PAGRX Aggressive GrowthPairCorr
  0.92ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.93BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.93BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.93FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.93FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.93RLBCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.93RLBBX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.93CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.93CLBEX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.93RLBFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.89GAAKX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.89GAAGX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.74GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr
  0.96GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.94PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.97PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.97PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr
  0.88WARCX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.95EMACX Enterprise Mergers AndPairCorr
  0.93MDLOX Blackrock Gbl AllocPairCorr
  0.92PZISX Pzena Small CapPairCorr
  0.84FHPFX Fidelity Series InvePairCorr
  0.87SEMGX Deutsche Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.92ABHIX High Yield FundPairCorr
  0.89FMILX Fidelity New MillenniumPairCorr
  0.86PRTMX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.82OAYMX Oakmark Fund AdvisorPairCorr
  0.94TRFHX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.74LSGLX Loomis Sayles GlobalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between PERMANENT Mutual Fund performing well and Permanent Portfolio 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 Permanent Portfolio'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
ABALX  0.43  0.04  0.01  0.62  0.56 
 0.95 
 2.75 
BALCX  0.49  0.13  0.12 (2.84) 0.43 
 0.98 
 6.23 
BALFX  0.42  0.02  0.00  0.08  0.52 
 0.95 
 2.62 
FBONX  0.51  0.11  0.14  0.24  0.42 
 0.98 
 7.22 
FBAFX  0.51  0.11  0.14  0.24  0.42 
 0.96 
 7.22 
RLBCX  0.51  0.11  0.14  0.25  0.41 
 0.99 
 7.28 
RLBBX  0.50  0.11  0.14  0.25  0.39 
 0.99 
 7.29 
CLBAX  0.42  0.05  0.01  0.89  0.54 
 0.95 
 2.62 
CLBEX  0.50  0.11  0.14  0.25  0.39 
 0.96 
 7.24 
RLBFX  0.51  0.11  0.14  0.25  0.38 
 0.98 
 7.21