American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2015 and Templeton Global Balanced is 0.16 (i.e., Average 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2015 and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2015 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 Funds 2015. 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 estimate.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.87AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.86RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.88AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.87AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.68TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.68TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.61TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.96FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.61TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.9RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.83CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.88AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.86AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.92RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.8RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.78AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.62TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.86RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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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.
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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.