Foreign Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Foreign Bond and Ashmore Emerging Markets is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Foreign Bond 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.

Foreign Bond Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Foreign Bond Fund and DJI is -0.24 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Foreign Bond Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Foreign Mutual Fund

  0.84PFBPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.84PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.84PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.79PFOAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.82PFOCX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  1.0PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.84PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.62PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.66PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.83PFRRX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.81PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0PFUUX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  1.0PFUIX Foreign BondPairCorr
  1.0PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  1.0PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr

Moving against Foreign Mutual Fund

  0.58PWLBX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.56PFATX Pimco FundamentalPairCorr
  0.44PWLEX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.43PFGAX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.42PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.4PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.39PFGCX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.41PYMAX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.36PGOVX Long Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.33PYMCX Pimco High YieldPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Foreign Mutual Fund performing well and Foreign Bond 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 Foreign Bond'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.