American Funds Correlations

CDWCX Fund  USD 10.59  0.03  0.28%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Developing and Pear Tree Polaris is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds Developing and DJI is 0.34 (i.e., Weak 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

  0.61AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.98RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.72RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.61AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.71FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.72RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.98RNWFX 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.
High positive correlations   
LBHIXARTFX
AAEVXARTFX
AAEVXMSTSX
MSTSXARTFX
AAEVXLBHIX
MSTSXLBHIX
  
High negative correlations   
VIASPQUSIX
444859BR2ARTFX
AAEVX444859BR2
ARTFXQUSIX
AAEVXQUSIX
LBHIX444859BR2

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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
QUSIX  0.57 (0.19) 0.00 (0.64) 0.00 
 1.23 
 3.87 
ARTFX  0.12  0.03 (0.56) 0.58  0.00 
 0.33 
 1.01 
444859BR2  1.36 (0.08) 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 
 5.93 
 16.62 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
BRRAY  1.27 (0.10) 0.00  0.01  0.00 
 0.00 
 34.02 
LBHIX  0.12  0.01 (0.39) 0.51  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.96 
MSTSX  0.49 (0.03)(0.12) 0.06  0.52 
 1.21 
 2.80 
ABHYX  0.18  0.03 (0.22)(0.11) 0.25 
 0.34 
 1.91 
VIASP  0.75  0.08 (0.03)(1.87) 1.12 
 2.28 
 7.18 
AAEVX  0.49 (0.02)(0.09) 0.08  0.53 
 0.93 
 2.76