American High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and Jpmorgan Smartretirement Blend is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of American High 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 High Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between American High Income and DJI is 0.43 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American High Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.67RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.73FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.76AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.75RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.74RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.61RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.73RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.74RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.74RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.68RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.68RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.66RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.66RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.66RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.68RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.67RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.68RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.68RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.65RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.67RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.65RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.83CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.83SBFFX Short Term BondPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.41CENFX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.41CENCX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.4CENAX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.37CENEX American Funds LegePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between American Mutual Fund performing well and American High 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 High's 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.