American Funds Correlations

FAIFX Fund  USD 25.39  0.09  0.35%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds and Dreyfus Short Intermediate is 0.26 (i.e., Modest 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds The and DJI is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds The and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.99AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.72RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.76AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.77AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.92RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.77FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  1.0AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.79AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.67TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.63TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.72TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.93FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.67TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.69TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.77AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.77AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.98RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.75AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.88TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.87TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.87TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.75RNWFX 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.