American Funds Correlations

FAITX Fund  USD 21.67  0.02  0.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2050 and American Funds 2055 is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). 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 2050 and DJI is 0.82 (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 2050 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 2050. 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 estimate.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.97AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.89AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.81RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.97AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.83FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.96RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.96AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.98RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.61RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.61RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.62RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.65CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.52AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.48ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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.