Focused International Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Focused International and Franklin Moderate Allocation is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Focused International 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.

Focused International Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Focused International Growth and DJI is 0.58 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Focused International Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Focused International Growth. 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 Focused Mutual Fund

  0.69CDBCX Diversified BondPairCorr
  0.69TWACX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.63TWARX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.65TWAVX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.98TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.98TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.61TWUSX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr
  0.62TWUOX Short Term GovernmentPairCorr

Moving against Focused Mutual Fund

  0.49AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.45AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.45TWADX Value Fund APairCorr
  0.43AMDVX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.43TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.43TWCIX Select Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.43AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.43AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.42AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.41TWCGX Growth Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.36TWCAX Select Fund APairCorr
  0.56TWHIX Heritage Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.49TWCUX Ultra Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.4TWEAX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.4TWEIX Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.37TWSIX Select Fund IPairCorr
  0.36TWGIX Growth Fund IPairCorr
  0.34TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.51TWVLX Value Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.44TWUIX Ultra Fund IPairCorr
  0.43TWUAX Ultra Fund APairCorr
  0.42ANONX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.42ANOGX Small Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.42ANOHX American Century SmallPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Focused Mutual Fund performing well and Focused International 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 Focused International'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.