American Funds Correlations

BFICX Fund  USD 9.20  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Inflation and Siit Emerging Markets is 0.13 (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

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Funds Inflation and DJI is 0.04 (i.e., Significant 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.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds Inflation. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.93FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.74TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.81TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.71TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.77TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.75TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.93AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.73TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.7TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.66TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.45RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.45RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.39RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.39RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.38AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.37AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.45ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.44ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.39ANFCX New Economy 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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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.