Correlation Between Principal Global and Principal Lifetime

Can any of the company-specific risk be diversified away by investing in both Principal Global and Principal Lifetime at the same time? Although using a correlation coefficient on its own may not help to predict future stock returns, this module helps to understand the diversifiable risk of combining Principal Global and Principal Lifetime into the same portfolio, which is an essential part of the fundamental portfolio management process.

By analyzing existing cross correlation between Principal Global Sustainable and Principal Lifetime Hybrid, you can compare the effects of market volatilities on Principal Global and Principal Lifetime and check how they will diversify away market risk if combined in the same portfolio for a given time horizon. You can also utilize pair trading strategies of matching a long position in Principal Global with a short position of Principal Lifetime. Check out your portfolio center. Please also check ongoing floating volatility patterns of Principal Global and Principal Lifetime.

Diversification Opportunities for Principal Global and Principal Lifetime

0.57

Correlation Coefficient

Principal Global  Principal Lifetime

Very weak diversification

The 3 months correlation between Principal and Principal is 0.57. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Principal Global Sustainable and Principal Lifetime Hybrid in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical prices or returns on Principal Lifetime Hybrid and Principal Global is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these equity instruments tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which returns on Principal Global Sustainable are associated (or correlated) with Principal Lifetime. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when the price movement of Principal Lifetime Hybrid has no effect on the direction of Principal Global i.e., Principal Global and Principal Lifetime go up and down completely randomly.

Pair Corralation between Principal Global and Principal Lifetime

Assuming the 90 days horizon Principal Global is expected to generate 1.47 times less return on investment than Principal Lifetime. In addition to that, Principal Global is 1.05 times more volatile than Principal Lifetime Hybrid. It trades about 0.18 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. Principal Lifetime Hybrid is currently generating about 0.27 per unit of volatility. If you would invest  1,676  in Principal Lifetime Hybrid on July 10, 2025 and sell it today you would earn a total of  97.00  from holding Principal Lifetime Hybrid or generate 5.79% return on investment over 90 days.

Time Period	3 Months [change]
Direction	Moves Together
Strength	Weak
Accuracy	100.0%
Values	Daily Returns

Principal Global Sustainable  vs.  Principal Lifetime Hybrid

Principal Global Sus

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Fair

Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Principal Global Sustainable are ranked lower than 10 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly strong essential indicators, Principal Global is not utilizing all of its potentials. The current stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors.

Principal Lifetime Hybrid

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Good

Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Principal Lifetime Hybrid are ranked lower than 15 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly weak fundamental indicators, Principal Lifetime may actually be approaching a critical reversion point that can send shares even higher in November 2025.

Pair Trading with Principal Global and Principal Lifetime

The main advantage of trading using opposite Principal Global and Principal Lifetime positions is that it hedges away some unsystematic risk. Because of two separate transactions, even if Principal Global position performs unexpectedly, Principal Lifetime can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Principal Lifetime will offset losses from the drop in Principal Lifetime's long position.

The idea behind Principal Global Sustainable and Principal Lifetime Hybrid pairs trading is to make the combined position market-neutral, meaning the overall market's direction will not affect its win or loss (or potential downside or upside). This can be achieved by designing a pairs trade with two highly correlated stocks or equities that operate in a similar space or sector, making it possible to obtain profits through simple and relatively low-risk investment.

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Note that this page's information should be used as a complementary analysis to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Portfolio Volatility module to check portfolio volatility and analyze historical return density to properly model market risk.