Utilities Fund Correlations

RYUTX Fund  USD 58.96  0.77  1.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between Utilities Fund Class and Harbor Diversified International is 0.18 (i.e., Average 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Utilities Fund Class and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., Weak 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
  0.99RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.86RYCGX Government Long BondPairCorr

Moving against Utilities Mutual Fund

  0.88RYAQX Inverse Government LongPairCorr
  0.84RYBKX Banking Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.73RYBOX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.67RYDHX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.66RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.63RYBCX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.63RYBAX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.63RYBMX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.63RYBIX Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.58RYBHX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.57RYATX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.56RYAEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.5RYAHX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.49RYAVX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.48RYDCX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.41RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.4RYANX Nova Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.38RYEAX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.73RYCNX Transportation Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.67RYDAX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.65RYCYX Dow 2x StrategyPairCorr
  0.63RYCVX Dow 2x StrategyPairCorr
  0.6RYCTX Sp 500 2xPairCorr
  0.59RYCOX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.57RYCKX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.55RYCEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.55RYCAX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.54RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.53RYCIX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.5RYFIX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.38RYEIX Energy Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.35RYECX 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.