American Century Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Century Select and Us Targeted Value is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of American Century 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 Century Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Century Select and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Century Select 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 Century Select. 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 small area income & poverty estimates.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.79AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.86AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.99TWCCX Ultra Fund CPairCorr
  0.83AMVYX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.84AMVRX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.7TWBIX Balanced Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.83AMVGX Mid Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.72TWGAX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.76TWGGX Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.72TWIEX International GrowthPairCorr
  0.98TWRCX Growth Fund CPairCorr
  0.71TWSCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.71TWSAX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.71TWSMX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.69NPHIX High Income FundPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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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DFFVXDFSVX
DFFVXDFSTX
DFSTXDFSVX
MRSKXDFISX
DFISXLZOEX
  

High negative correlations

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VAFIXLZOEX
VAFIXDFSVX
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between American Mutual Fund performing well and American Century 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 Century'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
OTCIX  0.86 (0.07)(0.06) 0.00  1.08 
 1.35 
 5.44 
TEPLX  0.59  0.03  0.02  0.11  0.70 
 1.26 
 3.87 
LZOEX  0.52  0.21  0.27  0.53  0.00 
 1.28 
 2.66 
DFSVX  0.84  0.18  0.21  0.22  0.54 
 2.60 
 4.92 
RLEMX  0.52  0.21  0.27  0.52  0.00 
 1.29 
 2.64 
DFSTX  0.76  0.12  0.14  0.17  0.60 
 2.29 
 4.53 
VAFIX  0.91 (0.09) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.71 
 5.85 
DFISX  0.58  0.16  0.17  0.32  0.47 
 1.50 
 3.57 
MRSKX  0.56  0.18  0.23  0.40  0.23 
 1.50 
 4.22 
DFFVX  0.79  0.16  0.20  0.22  0.49 
 2.49 
 4.74