American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Inflation and Vanguard Inflation Protected Securities is -0.06 (i.e., Good 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

Average diversification

The correlation between American Funds Inflation and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Inflation and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.93FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.61AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.75TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.81TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.72TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.78TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.76TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.91AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.74TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.71TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.67TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.42RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.42RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.35AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.35AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.42ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.42ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37ANFFX New Economy 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.