American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2010 and Prudential Short Duration is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2010 and DJI is 0.55 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2010 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.82AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.83RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.74AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.82AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.73AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.7TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.67TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.7TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.94FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.67TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.67TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.65AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.74TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.75TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.75TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.84RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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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.