Franklin Equity Correlations

FREIX Fund  USD 34.19  0.26  0.77%   
The current 90-days correlation between Franklin Equity Income and California Bond Fund is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Franklin Equity 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 Equity Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Franklin Equity Income and DJI is 0.45 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Franklin Equity 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 Equity Income. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Franklin Mutual Fund

  0.76TEDIX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.73TEDSX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.9TEDRX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.9TEMWX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.92TWDAX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.91TEWTX Templeton WorldPairCorr

Moving against Franklin Mutual Fund

  0.57TEGRX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.43PEYAX Putnam Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.7SAIFX Clearbridge Large CapPairCorr
  0.59SAGYX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr
  0.54LGGAX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.38TEPLX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.32FQCHX Franklin Templeton SmacsPairCorr
  0.66LGIEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.6LGVAX Clearbridge Value TrustPairCorr
  0.58SAPYX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.58SASMX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.49TFESX International EquityPairCorr
  0.43WAARX Western Asset TotalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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