Franklin Founding Correlations

FFALX Fund  USD 15.90  0.03  0.19%   
The current 90-days correlation between Franklin Founding Funds and Aig Government Money is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Franklin Founding 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 Founding Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Franklin Founding Funds and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Franklin Founding Funds 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 Founding Funds. 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Franklin Mutual Fund

  0.78TEGRX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.69TEMGX Templeton Global SmallerPairCorr
  0.79TEMWX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.74TEMTX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.63SAIFX Clearbridge Large CapPairCorr
  0.74SAGYX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr
  0.78TEPLX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.67TWDAX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.74TESIX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.68TESGX Templeton Global SmallerPairCorr
  0.74TESRX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.63LGGAX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.93TEWTX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.79SAPYX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.67SASMX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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