American Funds Correlations

BFCFX Fund  USD 9.57  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Porate and Pimco Investment Grade is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no 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 Porate and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Porate 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 Porate. 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 census.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.93FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.61AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.65TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.77TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.65TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.68TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.7TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.98AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.72TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.71TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.64TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.57RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.57RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.57RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.57RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.56RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.56RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.56RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.55RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.49AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.48AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.43AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.41AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.39CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.34AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.33AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.59ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.56ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.55ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.43AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.41AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

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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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RWAYL70082LAB3
  
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
PBDPX  0.23 (0.03) 0.00  3.96  0.00 
 0.44 
 1.45 
SCRYY  1.93  0.45  0.12 (0.71) 1.74 
 5.61 
 12.99 
MSTSX  0.45 (0.01)(0.11) 0.10  0.39 
 1.21 
 2.80 
LBHIX  0.10  0.01 (0.41) 0.24  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.71 
VIASP  0.75  0.10 (0.02)(1.58) 1.11 
 2.28 
 7.18 
XTWO  0.08 (0.01) 0.00  1.07  0.00 
 0.14 
 0.55 
SVII  0.18  0.00 (0.17) 0.24  0.39 
 0.44 
 4.77 
70082LAB3  0.70  0.09 (0.03)(0.69) 0.99 
 1.75 
 6.86 
XTWY  0.76 (0.10) 0.00  0.98  0.00 
 1.33 
 5.49 
RWAYL  0.13  0.02 (0.45) 0.76  0.00 
 0.32 
 1.20