Principal Lifetime Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Principal Lifetime 2050 and Calvert Bond Portfolio is 0.18 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Principal Lifetime 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.

Principal Lifetime Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Principal Lifetime 2050 and DJI is -0.21 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Lifetime 2050 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 Principal Lifetime 2050. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Principal Mutual Fund

  1.0VFIFX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.91AALTX American Funds 2050PairCorr
  0.91CCITX American Funds 2050PairCorr
  0.66FAITX American Funds 2050PairCorr
  0.67FFFHX Fidelity Freedom 2050PairCorr
  1.0FZTKX Fidelity Freedom 2050PairCorr
  1.0FRLPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.9TRJLX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  1.0FIPFX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.81PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.93FTCAX Templeton Strained BondPairCorr
  0.66VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.67VITAX Vanguard InformationPairCorr
  0.65TVOYX Touchstone Small CapPairCorr
  0.98JHRLX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.66VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.93JSIGX Jacob Small CapPairCorr
  0.99RGAEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.75RFXAX Rational Special SitPairCorr
  0.98DRRIX Dreyfus Global RealPairCorr
  0.89HWHAX Hotchkis Wiley HighPairCorr
  0.73MWHIX Metropolitan West HighPairCorr
  0.89HWACX Hotchkis Wiley ValuePairCorr
  0.97TRGIX Tiaa Cref GrowthPairCorr
  0.94DSENX Doubleline ShillerPairCorr
  0.82NTIIX Navigator TacticalPairCorr
  0.81FGMNX Fidelity GnmaPairCorr
  0.76HLLVX Jpmorgan Short DurationPairCorr
  0.99LTPDX Principal Lifetime 2025PairCorr
  0.89HCVYX Hartford ConservativePairCorr
  1.0PPQZX Pimco Realpath BlendPairCorr
  0.75MFACX American Funds MortgagePairCorr

Moving against Principal Mutual Fund

  0.99USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.91UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.88USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Principal Mutual Fund performing well and Principal Lifetime 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 Principal Lifetime'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.