American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2065 and Ab Small Cap is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2065 and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2065 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.63AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.61AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.61AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.67RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.76FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.63AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.61RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.61RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.62AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.62AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.61AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.65TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.65TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.62DITFX American Funds 2050PairCorr
  0.73CENAX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.65BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.65BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.61CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.61CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.64CWMEX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.69FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.71WBFFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.71FAFWX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.68FAX Aberdeen Asia PacificPairCorr
  0.68FAHHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.34TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.32TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr

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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.