American Funds Correlations

NBCRX Fund  USD 12.45  0.04  0.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Retirement and Schwab Government Money is 0.08 (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

Modest diversification

The correlation between American Funds Retirement and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Retirement and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds Retirement. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.82AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.79RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.84AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.66FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.82AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.8RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.8RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.8RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.7AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.64TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.69TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.68TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.96FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.62TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.68TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.8RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.77CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.76AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.72AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.84RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.73AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.78TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.77TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.77TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.8RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
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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.