Franklin Natural Correlations

FNCSX Fund  USD 33.51  0.26  0.78%   
The current 90-days correlation between Franklin Natural Res and Blackrock Health Sciences is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Franklin Natural 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 Natural Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Franklin Natural Resources and DJI is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Franklin Natural Resources 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 Natural Resources. 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 state.

Moving together with Franklin Mutual Fund

  0.99TRNEX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.71VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.95PRNEX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.84GEACX Gmo TrustPairCorr
  0.84GAAHX Gmo ResourcesPairCorr
  0.8GMOWX Gmo ResourcesPairCorr
  0.82GHAIX Global Hard AssetsPairCorr
  0.9FANAX Fidelity Advisor EnergyPairCorr
  0.68KNPYX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr
  0.9RYENX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.64OAZMX Oakmark Fund R6PairCorr
  0.94BACAX Blackrock All CapPairCorr
  0.64AAWEX World EnergyPairCorr

Moving against Franklin Mutual Fund

  0.48PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.45PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.45PQTIX Aa Pimco TrPairCorr
  0.36ASDIX Aamhimco Short DurationPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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