Financial Industries Correlations

JFIFX Fund  USD 21.28  0.01  0.05%   
The current 90-days correlation between Financial Industries and Regional Bank Fund is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no 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

  0.98FRBAX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.98FRBCX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.64JQLBX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.79JQLAX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.75JQLGX Multimanager LifestylePairCorr
  0.98JRBFX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.82JRETX J Hancock IiPairCorr
  0.98JRGRX Regional BankPairCorr
  0.75JRLQX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.75JRLUX Multi Index 2045PairCorr
  0.78JRLWX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.76JRLVX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.78JRLZX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.81JROUX J Hancock IiPairCorr
  0.78JRODX J Hancock IiPairCorr
  0.78JAAFX Jhancock Multi IndexPairCorr
  0.78JAAJX Jhancock Multi IndexPairCorr
  0.67JAAIX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.78JAAKX Jhancock Multi IndexPairCorr
  0.64JAAPX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.67JAARX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.65JAASX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.81JAAVX Jhancock MultimanagerPairCorr
  0.64JRTKX 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.