American Funds Correlations

FSUGX Fund  USD 11.93  0.02  0.17%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Government and Government Securities Fund is 0.86 (i.e., Very 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

Good diversification

The correlation between American Funds Government and DJI is -0.19 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Government 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 Government. 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 price.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.61AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.86FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.77AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.79AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.67TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.67TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.73TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.79AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.89TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.92TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.92TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.54RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.52RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.52RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.47RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.61AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.54RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.49AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr

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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.