American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds American and Columbia Convertible Securities is 0.06 (i.e., Significant 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 American and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds American 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 American. 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 census.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.9AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.64RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.86RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.63FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.93CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.8AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.88RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.61RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.85ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.85ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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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.