American Funds Correlations

CGRGX Fund  USD 27.32  0.11  0.40%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Growth and American Funds Growth is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). 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 poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds Growth and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Growth 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 Growth. 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 price.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.93AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.95AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.95AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.93AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.77FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.98RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  1.0AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  1.0AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.95AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.63RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.5FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.69AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.66ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.66ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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   
GWPFXGWPCX
MSTSXGWPCX
MSTSXGWPFX
LBHIXGWPCX
LBHIXGWPFX
MSTSXLBHIX
  
High negative correlations   
VIASPSCAXF
444859BR2GWPFX
444859BR2GWPCX
LBHIX444859BR2
VIASP444859BR2
MSTSXBRRAY

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
GWPCX  0.61 (0.03)(0.05) 0.08  0.84 
 1.27 
 3.78 
GWPFX  0.61 (0.03)(0.04) 0.08  0.83 
 1.29 
 3.73 
444859BR2  1.36 (0.08) 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 
 5.93 
 16.62 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
BRRAY  1.27 (0.10) 0.00  0.01  0.00 
 0.00 
 34.02 
LBHIX  0.12  0.01 (0.39) 0.51  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.96 
MSTSX  0.49 (0.03)(0.12) 0.06  0.52 
 1.21 
 2.80 
ABHYX  0.18  0.03 (0.22)(0.11) 0.25 
 0.34 
 1.91 
SCAXF  0.70 (0.37) 0.00 (33.24) 0.00 
 0.00 
 23.47 
VIASP  0.75  0.08 (0.03)(1.87) 1.12 
 2.28 
 7.18