American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Growth and Dreyfus Technology Growth is 0.83 (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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds Growth and DJI is 0.58 (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 Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.61RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.91AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.84RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.58FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.37AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.35ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.34ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.32ANBEX 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.