American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2035 and American Funds 2030 is 0.99 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2035 and DJI is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2035 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds 2035. 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 estimate.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.73RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.82AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.81AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.69RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.78RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.77RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.77RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.78RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.75AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.76AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.92RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.81AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.72RNWFX 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.