American Funds Correlations

GWPEX Fund  USD 31.08  0.08  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Growth and American Funds Growth is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Funds Growth and DJI is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds Growth. 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 services.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.81RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.67RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.62RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.77RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.86RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.83CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.83RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.85RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.69RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.7RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.69RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.81RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.74RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.74RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.69RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.68CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.64CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.75CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.71CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
GWPFX  0.61  0.05 (0.03) 0.68  0.91 
 1.28 
 3.79 
GAIFX  0.43  0.03 (0.08) 0.38  0.54 
 1.06 
 2.66 
PRJIX  0.85  0.09  0.00  0.98  1.13 
 1.81 
 5.74 
VASGX  0.44  0.00 (0.05) 0.09  0.58 
 0.90 
 2.85 
PARKX  0.40  0.04 (0.07) 0.49  0.52 
 0.89 
 2.63 
MINJX  0.60  0.05 (0.04) 0.64  0.71 
 1.21 
 3.02 
MINIX  0.61  0.00 (0.03) 0.10  0.70 
 1.20 
 3.04 
TROIX  0.60  0.00 (0.02) 0.10  0.71 
 1.21 
 3.12 
TROSX  0.60  0.00 (0.02) 0.10  0.71 
 1.21 
 3.12 
OAKMX  0.65 (0.02)(0.03) 0.08  0.76 
 1.52 
 4.51