American Funds Correlations

BFIFX Fund  USD 9.39  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Inflation and American Funds Strategic is 0.91 (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

Weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds Inflation and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak 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

  0.87AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.62RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.82AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.83AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.9AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.67AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.63TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.68TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.77FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.62TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.64TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.68CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.64RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.64RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.68RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.66RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.78AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.83AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.91RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.74AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.95TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.96TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.96TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.72RNWFX New World 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.