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Return and volatility forecasts, Value at Risk (VaR), Volume

Return on Principal Financial Group (pfg) stock follows ARMA(3,5)-GARCH(1,1) model (Student-t errors)
Given current Principal Financial Group stock close price of 28.72 the forecast for the next: 
    '1 week'    '2 weeks'    '3 weeks'    '4 weeks'
    '28.99'     '29.08'      '28.96'      '29.06'  

Probability of Principal Financial Group stock close price to increase in the next: 
    '1 week'    '2 weeks'    '3 weeks'    '4 weeks'
    '62.48%'    '52.81%'     '47.21%'     '52.04%' 

Value at Risk (VaR) for $1,000 worth of Principal Financial Group stock at 5 percent probability: 
Lose at most $78.20 in 1 day, $428.33 in 30 days and $741.89 in 90 days

Stock price, return, high and low

Price fundamentals for Principal Financial Group (pfg) stock 
 
Principal Financial Group stock price change in percent over the last: 
    '30 days'     '6 months'    '1 year'      '3 years'  
    '-3.2345%'    '11.6641%'    '-6.9948%'    '110.7117%'

Average daily return (continuously compounded) for Principal Financial Group stock over the last: 
    '30 days'     '6 months'    '1 year'      '3 years'
    '-0.0629%'    '0.1073%'     '-0.0269%'    '0.0929%'

OVER THE LAST YEAR:
The minimum Principal Financial Group stock close price of 20.49 was observed on 03-Oct-2011 
The maximum Principal Financial Group stock close price of 32.58 was observed on 29-Apr-2011 
Current close price of Principal Financial Group (28.72) as a percent of range is equal to 68.07% 
 
The lowest one-day return (i.e. largest price drop for Principal Financial Group stock) 
 of -12.12% was observed on 08-Aug-2011 
The highest one-day return (i.e. largest price increase for Principal Financial Group stock) 
 of 8.38% was observed on 11-Aug-2011 

Technical Analysis: RSI and MACD

RSI readings of Principal Financial Group share greater than 70 are in overbought territory, 
while RSI below 30 is oversold region. RSI 30 to 70 is neutral.
Buy Principal Financial Group stocks when the MACD line crosses up through the signal line.
Sell Principal Financial Group shares when MACD line crosses down through the signal line.

Technical Analysis: Accumulation/Distribution oscillator and Momentum

The Accumulation/Distribution oscillator is a common tool based on the high,
low, opening, and closing prices of Principal Financial Group share for each tradind day.
Momentum calculates the difference between two prices separated by 12 days.

Technical Analysis: Chaikin oscillator and Chaikin volatility

This Chaikin oscillator is computed by subtracting exponential,
moving average of the A/D line of Principal Financial Group stock from the three-period
exponential moving average of the A/D line.
Chaikin volatility is computed from a 10-period exponential moving
average and 10-day difference of Principal Financial Group stock.

Technical Analysis: Williams %R and On-Balance volume

Principal Financial Group equity is considered oversold if Williams R is below -80.
Principal Financial Group share is overbought if Williams R is above -20. 
On-Balance Volume for Principal Financial Group stock adds or subtracts volume to
a total depending on whether Principal Financial Group price moves up or down.

Stock performance compared to Dow Jones Index

Does Principal Financial Group (pfg) stock go together with Dow Jones Index? 
 
Correlation between return on Principal Financial Group stock and Dow Jones Index over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '83.60%'     '85.05%'      '87.34%'    '77.52%' 

Percent of time when return on Principal Financial Group stock was higher than on Dow Jones Index 
 over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '50.00%'     '51.97%'      '50.99%'    '49.14%' 

Stock performance compared to GOLD ETF (gld)

Does Principal Financial Group (pfg) stock go together with GOLD ETF? 
 
Correlation between return on Principal Financial Group stock and GOLD ETF over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '31.81%'     '32.71%'      '-2.50%'    '11.35%' 

Percent of time when return on Principal Financial Group stock was higher than on GOLD ETF 
 over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '54.55%'     '55.91%'      '52.17%'    '50.46%' 

Stock performance compared to Physical Silver (slv)

Does Principal Financial Group (pfg) stock go together with Physical Silver? 
 
Correlation between return on Principal Financial Group stock and Physical Silver over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '48.79%'     '48.35%'      '20.06%'    '28.98%' 

Percent of time when return on Principal Financial Group stock was higher than on Physical Silver 
 over the last: 
    '30 days'    '6 months'    '1 year'    '3 years'
    '59.09%'     '55.91%'      '52.96%'    '47.82%' 

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