American High Correlations

AHTCX Fund  USD 9.81  0.02  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and The Hartford Healthcare is -0.21 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of American High 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 High Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between American High Income and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American High Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.91AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.75RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.77AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.67FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.9AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.83AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.77TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.72TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.72TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.78FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.66TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.68TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.75AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.82RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.86TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.73TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.84TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.76RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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