American Funds Correlations

GWPFX Fund  USD 25.21  0.43  1.74%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Growth and Nuveen Multi Marketome is -0.07 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds Growth and DJI is 0.64 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Growth 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 American Funds Growth. 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 American Mutual Fund

  0.86RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.91AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.79RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.79RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.78RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.78RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.86ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96PGGFX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.7ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.66FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.6AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.39TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.7CFAMX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.67SBFFX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.66RPPCX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.56CFAAX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.53ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.39CWBFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.39WBFFX 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.