American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Strategic and American Funds Inflation is 0.83 (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 good diversification

The correlation between American Funds Strategic and DJI is -0.26 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Strategic 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 Strategic. 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 income.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.84FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.66TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.75TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.69TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.66TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.99AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.61TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.68RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.67RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.64RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.64RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.49AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.47AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.42AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.38AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.67RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.61AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.51CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.49AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.45AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.43RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.43RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.42RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.42RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.39RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.39RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.39RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr

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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.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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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.