Utilities Fund Correlations

RYUIX Fund  USD 69.92  0.48  0.69%   
The current 90-days correlation between Utilities Fund Investor and Global Gold Fund is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak 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 Investor and DJI is 0.35 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Utilities Fund Investor and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Utilities Fund Investor. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Utilities Mutual Fund

  0.7RYBOX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.68RYABX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.83RYAEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  1.0RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.75RYATX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.7RYANX Nova Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.64RYDHX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.63RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.7RYCFX Biotechnology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.82RYCEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.73RYCHX Technology Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.67RYCGX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.72RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2x Steady GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Utilities Mutual Fund

  0.74RYACX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.74RYAIX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.74RYALX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.74RYAPX Inverse Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  0.67RYARX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.6RYBKX Banking Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.59RYAQX Inverse Government LongPairCorr
  0.56RYAFX Inverse Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.53RYAVX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.76RYCDX Rydex Inverse NasdaqPairCorr
  0.71RYCBX Inverse Sp 500PairCorr
  0.62RYCZX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.61RYCWX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.58RYCAX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.58RYCPX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.58RYCIX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.57RYFNX Financial ServicesPairCorr
  0.57RYFIX Financial ServicesPairCorr

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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.