American Funds Correlations

FCCTX Fund  USD 14.42  0.05  0.35%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2020 and Inflation Protected Bond Fund is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2020 and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2020 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 2020. 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

  0.81AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.64RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.66AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.65AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.99RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.8AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.68CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.64AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.63AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.83RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.65AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.65RNWFX 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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PBXIXIPBAX
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MBSAXTFBIX
  
High negative correlations   
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PBXIXFZNQEX
PBXIXBBINX
LBIIXIPBAX

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.