American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2020 and Diversified Bond Fund is -0.06 (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

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2020 and DJI is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2020 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.94VTWNX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.85FSNOX Fidelity Freedom 2020PairCorr
  0.88PARBX Trowe Price RetirementPairCorr
  0.88RRTBX Trowe Price RetirementPairCorr
  0.86FFFDX Fidelity Freedom 2020PairCorr
  0.96FATKX Fidelity Freedom 2020PairCorr
  0.87CCCTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  1.0FAOTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  0.72PGLSX Global Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.64HTD John Hancock TaxPairCorr
  0.71DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.61CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.67MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr

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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.