American Funds Correlations

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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 Preservation and DJI is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Preservation and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds Preservation. 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

  1.0FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.72TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.77TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.65TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.73TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.71TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.96AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.77TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.7TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.68TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.55RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.55RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.55RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.55RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.55RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.55RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.55RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.41AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.39AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.33AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.32AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.55RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.53AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.53AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.41AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.41AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.38CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
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AMFFXAMFCX
RNGFXRNGGX
RNGHXRNGGX
RNGHXRNGFX
AMFCXAMECX
  
High negative correlations   
RNGHXFPPPX
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FPPPXAMFFX
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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
AMECX  0.32 (0.02)(0.22) 0.09  0.31 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNEBX  0.54 (0.07) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.46 (0.02)(0.13) 0.09  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.46 (0.02)(0.12) 0.10  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.25 (0.02)(0.31) 0.07  0.25 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.01) 0.00  0.32  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.32 (0.02)(0.21) 0.09  0.33 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNGGX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.95 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.93 
 1.47 
 4.07