American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Global and Prudential High Yield is 0.31 (i.e., Weak 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 Global 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 Global and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.8FNFPX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.93FFPNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.81NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.8ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94CNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81CNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94CNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81CNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.42KGIIX Kopernik InternationalPairCorr
  0.41MFBIX Mesirow Enhanced CorePairCorr
  0.35LIBAX Columbia Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.34COSRX Columbia OverseasPairCorr
  0.31CLDRX Columbia Limited DurationPairCorr
  0.49MCSVX Mainstay VertiblePairCorr
  0.37USGNX Government SecuritiesPairCorr

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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.