American Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Balanced and Washington Mutual Investors is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of American Balanced 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 Balanced Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.68 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Balanced Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.62AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.9AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.65RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.81RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.64FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.92CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.77AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.85RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.62RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.81ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.78ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr

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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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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between American Mutual Fund performing well and American Balanced 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 Balanced'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.