American Funds Correlations

RBJTX Fund  USD 12.77  0.02  0.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2015 and Income Fund Of is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor 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 2015 and DJI is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2015 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.93RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.67FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.65AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.66TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.68TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.65TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.76FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.67TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.66TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.67TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.68TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.68TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

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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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High negative correlations   
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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  0.30 (0.01)(0.19) 0.06  0.28 
 0.66 
 1.81 
RNEBX  0.51  0.04 (0.08)(3.55) 0.63 
 1.04 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.42  0.02 (0.15) 0.26  0.36 
 0.84 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.42  0.02 (0.15) 0.29  0.35 
 0.83 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.23 (0.02)(0.27) 0.03  0.23 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.02) 0.00 (0.53) 0.00 
 0.21 
 0.74 
AMEFX  0.31 (0.01)(0.19) 0.06  0.28 
 0.66 
 1.81 
RNGGX  0.61  0.12  0.04  1.09  0.66 
 1.38 
 4.00 
RNGFX  0.61  0.05  0.04  0.16  0.68 
 1.39 
 4.01 
RNGHX  0.61  0.12  0.04  1.08  0.68 
 1.40 
 4.01