American Funds Correlations

FWWNX Fund  USD 97.85  0.20  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds New and Great West Inflation Protected Securities is -0.01 (i.e., Good 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds New and DJI is 0.66 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds New and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds New. 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 state.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.83RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.76RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.72RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.72RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.67RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.83RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.72ANWFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75CWIFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.64CEUFX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.7GWPEX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.74FAXTX American Funds 2065PairCorr
  0.71FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.84CGNFX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.71FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.7RRPPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.75FUEPX American Funds EuropPairCorr
  0.75FCWGX American Funds CapitalPairCorr
  0.85FDFTX American Funds 2035PairCorr
  0.79RBHEX American Funds 2050PairCorr
  0.79RBHTX American Funds 2045PairCorr
  0.93FWCGX American Funds CapitalPairCorr
  0.75FEPUX American Funds EuropPairCorr
  0.73RCKTX American Funds 2040PairCorr
  0.89RCPTX American Funds 2065PairCorr

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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.