American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Developing and Wisdomtree Siegel Global is 0.63 (i.e., 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

Modest diversification

The correlation between American Funds Developing and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Developing and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.64AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.87RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.65AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.64AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.64AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.63RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.63RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.61RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.61RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.62RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.61RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.62RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.63AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.63AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87RNWFX New World 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.