New Economy Correlations

ANFFX Fund  USD 62.81  0.51  0.82%   
The current 90-days correlation between New Economy Fund and Smallcap World Fund is 0.63 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of New Economy 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.

New Economy Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between New Economy Fund and DJI is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding New Economy Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with New Mutual Fund

  0.88RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.72AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.7RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.8TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.78TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.64TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.63TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.69RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.82CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.74AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.83RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.87RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.88RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.79RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.79RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.89RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.64ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.74ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  1.0ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between New Mutual Fund performing well and New Economy 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 New Economy'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.