American Funds Correlations

FSUUX Fund  USD 11.93  0.02  0.17%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Government and Ab All Market is 0.04 (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

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Funds Government and DJI is 0.02 (i.e., Significant 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 employment.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.77AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.67RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.99FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.77AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.84AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.67TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.67TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.68FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.73TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  1.0AMUSX 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
  0.54RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.48RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.61AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.54RNNEX 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.