Growth Fund Correlations

GFAFX Fund  USD 70.86  0.06  0.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between Growth Fund and Europacific Growth Fund is 0.64 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Growth Fund 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.

Growth Fund Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Growth Fund Of and DJI is -0.21 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Growth Fund Of and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Growth Fund Of. 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 census.

Moving together with GROWTH Mutual Fund

  0.62AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.82CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.88RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81DITFX American Funds 2050PairCorr
  0.86ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.8CWMAX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.8FATTX American Funds 2045PairCorr
  0.86SCWFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.7FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.82FBJTX American Funds 2055PairCorr
  0.82FCJTX American Funds 2055PairCorr
  0.83FCKTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.89RAFBX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.86RSEBX Smallcap WorldPairCorr

Moving against GROWTH Mutual Fund

  0.55FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.54RPPFX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.4CFAEX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.46CGTFX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.46CGTCX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between GROWTH Mutual Fund performing well and Growth Fund 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 Growth Fund's 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.