American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2015 and Touchstone Large Cap is 0.09 (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

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2015 and DJI is 0.09 (i.e., Significant 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

  0.83AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.78RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.74AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.85AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.69AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.64TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.88FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.72AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.72AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.75TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.74TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.79RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.79RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.79RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.78RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.77CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.77CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.77CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.66ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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.