Income Fund Correlations

RIDCX Fund  USD 26.14  0.09  0.35%   
The current 90-days correlation between Income Fund and Us Government Securities is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Income Fund 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.

Income Fund Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Income Fund Of and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Income Fund Of and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Income Mutual Fund

  1.0AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.97AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  1.0AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.92RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.91AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.94RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.82RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against Income Mutual Fund

  0.48AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.45ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.45ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.45ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.45ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.44ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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 Income Mutual Fund performing well and Income Fund 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 Income Fund's 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.