American Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Balanced and Barings Emerging Markets is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of American Balanced 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 Balanced Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between American Balanced Fund and DJI is 0.35 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Balanced Fund 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 Balanced Fund. 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 income.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.97AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.72RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.83RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.95AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.74TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.73TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.7TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.88FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.64TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.69TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.96RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.77CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.95AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.93AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.86RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.75AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.64TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.79RNWFX 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   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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