American Mutual Correlations

AFMFX Fund  USD 54.68  1.83  3.24%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Mutual and Gabelli Global Financial is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of American Mutual 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 Mutual Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between American Mutual Fund and DJI is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Mutual Fund 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 Mutual Fund. 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 census.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.75AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.76RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  1.0AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.83RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.75AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.86FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.79CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.7RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.81RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.68RNWFX 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 Mutual 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 Mutual'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.