Short Term Correlations

PTSRX Fund  USD 9.67  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Short Term Fund and Franklin Federal Limited Term is 0.19 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Short Term 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.

Short Term Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Short Term Fund R and DJI is -0.02 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Short Term Fund R 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 Short Term Fund R. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Short Mutual Fund

  0.94PFCJX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.84PFANX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.73PFIAX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.76PFIIX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.72PFIUX Pimco Unconstrained BondPairCorr
  0.69PFINX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.76PFNCX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.62PFONX Pimco International BondPairCorr
  0.81PFORX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.69PFNNX Pimco Preferred AndPairCorr
  0.72PFNIX Pimco Low DurationPairCorr
  0.71PFNUX Pimco Dynamic BondPairCorr
  0.61PFRAX Pimco Foreign BondPairCorr
  0.77PFRMX Pimco Inflation ResponsePairCorr
  0.69PFPNX Pimco Capital SecPairCorr
  0.75PFTCX Short Term FundPairCorr
  0.72PFTPX Pimco Floating IncomePairCorr
  0.7PFSIX Pimco Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.72PGAPX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr
  0.93PXTIX Fundamental IndexplusPairCorr
  0.8PGBIX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.72PGAIX Pimco Global MultiPairCorr

Moving against Short Mutual Fund

  0.76PWLBX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.55PWLEX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.51PWLMX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr
  0.5PWLIX Pimco Rae WorldwidePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Short Mutual Fund performing well and Short Term 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 Short Term'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.