Income Fund Correlations

RIEBX Fund  USD 25.40  0.04  0.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between Income Fund and Cref Money Market is -0.12 (i.e., Good 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Income Fund Of and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., 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.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Income Fund Of. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Income Mutual Fund

  0.99AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.87RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.66AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.8AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  1.0AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.78AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.68TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.66TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.87FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.68TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.69TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.8AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.8AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.91RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.87TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.72TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.79RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.88RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.9CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.9CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.9CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.83CWBFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.71CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr

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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.
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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.