American Funds Correlations

CCCTX Fund  USD 13.96  0.08  0.58%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2020 and Aig Government Money is 0.06 (i.e., Significant 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 2020 and DJI is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2020 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 2020. 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 estimate.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.69AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.8RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.7AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.68AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.68AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.95FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.66CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.73RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.73RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.63AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.63AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.81RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.78RNWEX 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 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.