American High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and Nuveen High Yield is 0.1 (i.e., Average 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 Municipal and DJI is 0.12 (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 Municipal and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American High Income Municipal. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.66FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.86TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.85TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.88TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.87TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.88TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.94TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.97TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.88TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

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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.