American High Correlations

AHTFX Fund  USD 9.94  0.02  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and T Rowe Price is 0.43 (i.e., Very weak 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 0.49 (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.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American High Income. 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 price.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.69AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.69AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.69AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.85CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  0.65TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.66AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.89AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.64TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.66TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.7TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.62EMGEX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.63ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.65ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.65ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.64ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.66NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86PGGAX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.77PGGFX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.77ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.83BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.79CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.87CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.8CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.91WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.83WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.87FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.72FAETX American Funds 2030PairCorr
  0.94FAFWX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.42AMRMX 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
PRFDX  0.59  0.04  0.04  0.14  0.47 
 1.50 
 3.19 
TIBIX  0.39  0.17  0.21  1.13  0.00 
 0.92 
 2.81 
TIBMX  0.39  0.15  0.20  0.58  0.00 
 0.92 
 2.78 
TIBCX  0.39  0.15  0.19  0.56  0.00 
 0.96 
 2.80 
TIBGX  0.39  0.15  0.19  0.57  0.00 
 0.96 
 2.80 
TIBAX  0.39  0.15  0.19  0.55  0.00 
 0.96 
 2.77 
TIBRX  0.39  0.15  0.19  0.57  0.00 
 0.96 
 2.83 
MIAWX  0.13  0.00 (0.48)(0.01) 0.11 
 0.21 
 0.75 
GAIFX  0.48 (0.01)(0.06) 0.08  0.54 
 0.93 
 2.71 
IGIFX  0.59  0.21  0.23  1.30  0.00 
 1.25 
 6.91