American Funds Correlations

BFIFX Fund  USD 9.41  0.03  0.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Inflation and American Funds Strategic is 0.01 (i.e., Significant 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 good diversification

The correlation between American Funds Inflation and DJI is -0.24 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Inflation 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 Inflation. 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

  0.84AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.75RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.96FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.84AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.85AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.68TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.66TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.75TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.76FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.72TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.73TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.81RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.96AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.93TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.94TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.95TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.62RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.42RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.41RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.51AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.49AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.41RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr

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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.