American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2065 and American Funds 2060 is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). 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 2065 and DJI is 0.66 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2065 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.76AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.75AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.89AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.93RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.75AMRFX American MutualPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.34FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr

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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.