American Funds Correlations

DJTFX Fund  USD 11.71  0.03  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2010 and Income Fund Of is 0.62 (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 2010 and DJI is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2010 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds 2010. 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 census.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.88AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.86RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.89AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.89AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.64AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.67TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.69TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.62TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.97FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.62TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.89RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.88AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.86AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.79AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.64TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.86RNWFX 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 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
AMECX  0.39 (0.06) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 0.67 
 3.18 
RNEBX  0.57 (0.14) 0.00 (1.05) 0.00 
 0.89 
 4.01 
AMFCX  0.52 (0.11) 0.00 (0.18) 0.00 
 0.90 
 6.56 
AMFFX  0.53 (0.09) 0.00 (2.36) 0.00 
 0.91 
 6.50 
RNCCX  0.30 (0.04) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 0.52 
 2.16 
FPPPX  0.10 (0.01)(0.16)(0.35) 0.11 
 0.21 
 0.75 
AMEFX  0.39 (0.06) 0.00 (0.31) 0.00 
 0.72 
 3.15 
RNGGX  0.88 (0.10) 0.00  2.63  0.00 
 1.44 
 10.95 
RNGFX  0.89 (0.11) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.43 
 10.94 
RNGHX  0.89 (0.11) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.44 
 11.07