American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2030 and Calamos Global Equity is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2030 and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2030 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.92AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.67RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.89AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.98RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.92AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.82RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.82RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.82RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.82AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.82AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.94RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.95RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.68RNWFX 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.