Foreign Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Foreign Bond and T Rowe Price is 0.27 (i.e., Modest 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Foreign Bond Fund and DJI is 0.15 (i.e., Average 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

  0.99PFRCX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.99PFUAX Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.83PFUNX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  1.0PFUPX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr

Moving against Foreign Mutual Fund

  0.44PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.4PFMIX Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.39PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.38PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.34PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.34PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.58PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.46PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.43PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.36PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.34PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.33PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.36PGMAX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.34PYMAX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.34PYMPX Pimco High YieldPairCorr
  0.31PYMNX 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.