American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2015 and Virtus Seix Government is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of American Funds 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.

American Funds Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2015 and DJI is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2015 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.77AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.85RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.77AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.7AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.93RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.77AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.68AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.69TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.65TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.68TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.93FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.65TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.64TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.67RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.67RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.68RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.68RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.78AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.81RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.69TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.7TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.7TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.85RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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