American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Developing and Legg Mason Partners is 0.66 (i.e., Poor 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 weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds Developing and DJI is 0.4 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Developing and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.91AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.88RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.66AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.73FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.91AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.63AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.86FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.67AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.68AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.7AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.75TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.77TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.77TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.9RNWFX New World 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.