American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds American and Western Asset E is 0.16 (i.e., Average 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds American and DJI is 0.8 (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 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 board of governors.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.85AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.82RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.83RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.84AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.98RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.88ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr

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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.