American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds and Alpine High Yield is 0.65 (i.e., Poor 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

Modest diversification

The correlation between American Funds The and DJI is 0.2 (i.e., Modest 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.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds The. 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 persons.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.73AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.69RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.98FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.79AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.88AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.73TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.74TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.79TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.7FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.78TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.79TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.75RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.83AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.92TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.94TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.94TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.53RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.52RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.52RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.52RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.51RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.51RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.59AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.58AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.53RNNEX New Economy 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.