Financial Industries Correlations

JFIFX Fund  USD 21.28  0.02  0.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between Financial Industries and T Rowe Price is -0.14 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Financial Industries 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.

Financial Industries Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Financial Industries Fund and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Financial Industries Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Financial Industries Fund. 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 census.

Moving together with FINANCIAL Mutual Fund

  0.94FRBAX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.97FRBCX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.61JQLBX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.75JQLAX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.7JQLGX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.97JRBFX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.8JRETX J Hancock IiPairCorr
  0.94JRGRX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.74JRLQX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.73JRLUX Multi Index 2045PairCorr
  0.74JRLWX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.74JRLVX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.74JRLZX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.8JROUX J Hancock IiPairCorr
  0.76JRODX J Hancock IiPairCorr
  0.77JAAFX Jhancock Multi IndexPairCorr
  0.76JAAJX Jhancock Multi IndexPairCorr
  0.62JAAIX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.77JAAKX Jhancock Multi IndexPairCorr
  0.66JAARX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.63JAASX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.8JAAVX Jhancock MultimanagerPairCorr
  0.61JRTKX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between FINANCIAL Mutual Fund performing well and Financial Industries 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 Financial Industries' 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.