American Funds Correlations

AALTX Fund  USD 20.81  0.03  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2050 and Enhanced Fixed Income is 0.66 (i.e., 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 2050 and DJI is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2050 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.61RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.77AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.76AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.88AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.89AMPFX 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
  0.76AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.76AMRFX American MutualPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.31FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr

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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.