Utilities Fund Correlations

RYUTX Fund  USD 58.41  0.55  0.93%   
The current 90-days correlation between Utilities Fund Class and Ridgeworth Seix Government is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Utilities Fund 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.

Utilities Fund Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Utilities Fund Class and DJI is 0.04 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Utilities Fund Class and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Utilities Mutual Fund

  0.85RYABX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.95RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.86RYCGX Government Long BondPairCorr

Moving against Utilities Mutual Fund

  0.88RYAQX Inverse Government LongPairCorr
  0.85RYBKX Banking Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.76RYBOX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.69RYDHX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.69RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.68RYBCX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.68RYBAX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.68RYBIX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.65RYBMX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.61RYBHX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.59RYATX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.58RYAEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.56RYDCX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.54RYAVX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.52RYAHX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.47RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.42RYANX Nova Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.42RYEAX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.76RYCNX Transportation Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.69RYDAX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.68RYCYX Dow 2x StrategyPairCorr
  0.65RYCVX Dow 2x StrategyPairCorr
  0.63RYCTX Sp 500 2xPairCorr
  0.62RYCOX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.6RYCAX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.6RYCKX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.59RYCEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.58RYFIX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.57RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.57RYCIX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.42RYEIX Energy Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.39RYECX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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