American Balanced Correlations

CLBAX Fund  USD 38.01  0.10  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Balanced and Investment Of America is 0.45 (i.e., Very weak 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

Average diversification

The correlation between American Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.17 (i.e., Average 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

  0.8RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.74AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.8RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.8RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.82RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.78RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.78RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.81RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.81RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.84RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.67TXEFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.78CWIFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.77CWICX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.8CWIAX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.75CEUFX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.88CWMAX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.86FAHHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.83CFNEX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.87CFNAX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.89FAXTX American Funds 2065PairCorr
  0.74GFFFX Growth FundPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.56FAADX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.52CENCX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.51CENFX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.46FBDTX American Funds 2025PairCorr
  0.43FBCTX American Funds 2020PairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

RFKTXFUNFX
FUNFXFFICX
RFKTXFFICX
CNWAXCSPAX
RFKTXCSPAX
FBLAXBHYIX
  

High negative correlations

CNWAXMER-PK
FBLAXMER-PK
MER-PKCSPAX
BHYIXMER-PK
MER-PKCICAX
RFKTXMER-PK

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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
CICAX  0.84  0.05 (0.01) 0.73  1.88 
 1.56 
 17.34 
FFICX  0.59 (0.03)(0.04) 0.04  0.88 
 1.24 
 3.37 
FUNFX  0.69  0.00  0.00  0.07  0.92 
 1.38 
 4.04 
CSPAX  0.81  0.11  0.06  0.55  0.74 
 1.50 
 6.03 
MER-PK  0.23 (0.03) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 0.47 
 2.46 
RFKTX  0.56 (0.01)(0.03) 0.07  0.71 
 1.16 
 3.13 
CNWAX  0.68  0.15  0.11  0.90  0.58 
 1.46 
 6.43 
HSWFX  0.62 (0.04)(0.06) 0.02  0.88 
 1.15 
 3.78 
BHYIX  0.13  0.00 (0.33) 0.07  0.00 
 0.28 
 0.84 
FBLAX  0.26  0.03 (0.13) 0.39  0.20 
 0.70 
 1.33