American Funds Correlations

TEPFX Fund  USD 9.59  0.04  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Tax and American Funds Growth is 0.07 (i.e., Significant 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

Good diversification

The correlation between American Funds Tax Exempt and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Tax Exempt and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds Tax Exempt. 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 census.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.85AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.64RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.82RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.89FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.83AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.94AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.82TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.8TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.8FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.82TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.82AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.93TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.94TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.65RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.64RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.62RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.63RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.64RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.69CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.75CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.76CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.33AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr

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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 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.