American High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and Nuveen Short Term is 0.63 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of American High 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 High Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between American High Income and DJI is 0.46 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American High Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.87AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.87AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  0.81AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.67TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.63TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.69TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.9AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.68AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.67TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.69TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.89TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.65EMGEX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.64ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.91ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.73ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.71NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85PGGAX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.88PGGFX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.85ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.91BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.87CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.87CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.67CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.93WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.9WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.95FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.93FAETX American Funds 2030PairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.43AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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