American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Inter and Doubleline Emerging Markets 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds International and DJI is 0.52 (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 International and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.9FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.84FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.88AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.88CGTCX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.88CGTAX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.91RRPPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.89RAMFX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.91RCEBX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.85RERAX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.87RERGX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.87RERFX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.86RERHX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.86RERCX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.85RERBX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.86REREX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.86AEGFX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.86AEPGX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.88USGFX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.89FIFBX American Funds InterPairCorr
  0.93CNLEX American Funds InflationPairCorr
  0.88RGVAX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.88RGVCX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.88RGVBX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.88RGVJX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.7AGVHX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.93FLIBX American Funds InflationPairCorr
  0.99IGICX International Growth AndPairCorr
  0.87LTXFX Limited Term TaxPairCorr
  0.88UGSFX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.88CBOEX Intermediate BondPairCorr
  0.87AEPFX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.86CEUAX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.85CEUCX Europacific GrowthPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.4CSPFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.93PQTAX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.92PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr

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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.