American Funds Correlations

FMCMX Fund  USD 41.88  0.78  1.90%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Amcap and Us Government Securities is -0.16 (i.e., Good 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

Good diversification

The correlation between American Funds Amcap and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Amcap 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 Amcap. 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 population.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.99RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  1.0AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.75RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.73RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.92ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92PGGFX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.74ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.65FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.57AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.35TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.63CFAMX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.61SBFFX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.59CFAAX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.55ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.49CWBFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.46WBFFX Capital World BondPairCorr

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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.