Franklin Utilities Correlations

FKUTX Fund  USD 26.00  0.07  0.27%   
The current 90-days correlation between Franklin Utilities and Mfs High Yield is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Franklin Utilities 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.

Franklin Utilities Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Franklin Utilities Fund and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Franklin Utilities Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Franklin Utilities Fund. 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 Franklin Mutual Fund

  1.0FRUSX Franklin UtilitiesPairCorr
  1.0FKUQX Franklin UtilitiesPairCorr
  1.0FRUAX Franklin UtilitiesPairCorr
  1.0FRURX Franklin UtilitiesPairCorr
  1.0FUFRX Franklin UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.99VUIAX Vanguard Utilities IndexPairCorr
  0.99MMUGX Mfs UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.99MURRX Mfs UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.99MMUJX Mfs UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.69PMPIX Precious Metals UltrPairCorr
  0.68PMPSX Precious Metals UltrPairCorr
  0.82FGPMX Franklin Gold AndPairCorr
  0.81FRGOX Franklin Gold PreciousPairCorr
  0.8MIDSX Midas Fund MidasPairCorr
  0.71FIJDX Gold Portfolio FidelityPairCorr
  0.78GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.77GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.78CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.91INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.78IBM International BusinessPairCorr

Moving against Franklin Mutual Fund

  0.84T ATT IncPairCorr
  0.82VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.64HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.6CVX Chevron Corp Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.58DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.45BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.38HPQ HP Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Franklin Mutual Fund performing well and Franklin Utilities 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 Franklin Utilities' 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.