Franklin Income Correlations

FNCFX Fund  USD 2.50  0.01  0.40%   
The current 90-days correlation between Franklin Income and Franklin Income Fund is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Franklin Income 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 Income Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Franklin Income Fund and DJI is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Franklin Income Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Franklin Mutual Fund

  0.93PEYAX Putnam Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.72SAIFX Clearbridge Large CapPairCorr
  0.76SAGYX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr
  0.8TEPLX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.63TESIX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.68SAPYX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.79FRDPX Franklin Rising DividendsPairCorr
  0.81FRDAX Franklin Rising DividendsPairCorr
  0.78FRGOX Franklin Gold PreciousPairCorr
  0.78SBSPX Qs Sp 500PairCorr
  0.91FRNRX Franklin Natural ResPairCorr
  0.86FRVLX Franklin Small CapPairCorr
  0.76BCAAX Brandywineglobal CPairCorr
  0.95FBLAX Franklin BalancedPairCorr
  0.65FTCLX Franklin Efolio AlloPairCorr
  0.69FBRLX Franklin LifesmartPairCorr
  0.77FTFZX Franklin Federal LimPairCorr
  0.61FTLQX Franklin Efolio AlloPairCorr
  0.7FTRAX Franklin LifesmartPairCorr
  0.66FCAZX Franklin Efolio AlloPairCorr

Moving against Franklin Mutual Fund

  0.37WAFAX Western Asset InflationPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Franklin Mutual Fund performing well and Franklin Income 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 Income'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
FKINX  0.27  0.02 (0.03) 0.11  0.15 
 0.81 
 1.24 
RSLAX  0.79  0.06  0.07  0.11  0.78 
 1.49 
 6.86 
SCWFX  0.78  0.05  0.06  0.11  0.80 
 1.51 
 6.01 
SMCWX  0.78  0.05  0.06  0.10  0.78 
 1.49 
 5.95 
RLLGX  0.78  0.05  0.05  0.10  0.79 
 1.50 
 5.77 
RMFGX  0.50 (0.01)(0.04) 0.04  0.63 
 0.83 
 2.59 
NFFFX  0.65  0.11  0.12  0.20  0.60 
 1.34 
 6.40 
RNWGX  0.65  0.11  0.12  0.20  0.61 
 1.35 
 6.37 
NEWFX  0.66  0.11  0.12  0.20  0.61 
 1.34 
 6.37 
NWFFX  0.65  0.11  0.12  0.20  0.60 
 1.35 
 6.40