Franklin High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Franklin High Income and Tiaa Cref Small Cap Equity is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Franklin High 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 High Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Franklin High Income and DJI is 0.68 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Franklin High Income 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 High Income. 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

  0.95AHTCX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.95BHYCX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.95BHYIX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.95BHYSX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.96BHYAX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr
  0.95AHTFX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.95AHITX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.95VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.94VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.93PHYZX Prudential High YieldPairCorr
  0.83VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.83VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.83VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.79VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.79VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.83VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.93VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.93VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.93VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.79VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.9BA Boeing Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.69WMT Walmart Common Stock Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.79XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

Moving against Franklin Mutual Fund

  0.48T ATT Inc Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.39HPQ HP IncPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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