American Funds Correlations

CDWEX Fund  USD 15.30  0.02  0.13%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Developing and New Economy Fund is 0.27 (i.e., Modest 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds Developing and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor 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

  0.95RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.86FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.86AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.95FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.9TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.82RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.82RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.95RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  1.0CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  1.0CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  1.0CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.79ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.78ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.79CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.92TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
RNEBX  0.66  0.14  0.16  0.28  0.44 
 1.60 
 7.64 
RNCCX  0.29  0.07  0.08  0.28  0.00 
 0.56 
 2.84 
FPPPX  0.08  0.01 (0.45) 5.63  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.32 
AMEFX  0.46  0.19  0.34  0.51  0.00 
 0.79 
 7.41 
RNGGX  0.95  0.17  0.11  0.33  0.96 
 1.82 
 12.50 
RNGFX  0.94  0.17  0.11  0.32  0.97 
 1.81 
 12.41 
RNGHX  0.95  0.17  0.11  0.33  0.96 
 1.81 
 12.70 
RNGBX  0.99  0.21  0.14  0.41  0.93 
 1.82 
 15.16 
RNGAX  0.99  0.21  0.14  0.41  0.95 
 1.82 
 15.30 
RNGEX  0.95  0.18  0.12  0.33  0.96 
 1.82 
 12.85