American Funds Correlations

ANBCX Fund  USD 9.10  0.05  0.55%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Strategic and Income Fund Of is -0.02 (i.e., Good 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

Good diversification

The correlation between American Funds Strategic and DJI is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Strategic 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 Funds Strategic. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.75AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.67RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.96FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.75AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.81AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.62TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.63TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.7TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.68FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.68TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.69TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.72RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.97AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.88TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.9TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.91TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.55RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.54RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.47RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.62AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.54RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
AMECX  0.44  0.04  0.07  0.09  0.52 
 0.83 
 2.19 
RNEBX  0.69 (0.02) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.23 
 5.22 
AMFCX  0.57  0.01  0.01  0.01  0.77 
 1.07 
 2.79 
AMFFX  0.64 (0.06) 0.00  0.30  0.00 
 1.09 
 4.69 
RNCCX  0.35  0.00 (0.01) 0.00  0.51 
 0.67 
 2.10 
FPPPX  0.11  0.02  0.06  1.83  0.00 
 0.32 
 0.75 
AMEFX  0.44  0.04  0.07  0.10  0.52 
 0.87 
 2.23 
RNGGX  0.99 (0.08) 0.00 (0.08) 0.00 
 1.60 
 5.30 
RNGFX  0.99 (0.08) 0.00 (0.08) 0.00 
 1.61 
 5.30 
RNGHX  0.99 (0.08) 0.00 (0.08) 0.00 
 1.61 
 5.30