American Funds Correlations

FFIFX Fund  USD 25.29  0.15  0.60%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds and Baillie Gifford Health is 0.02 (i.e., Significant 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds The and DJI is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds The and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.85AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.7AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.85RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.85AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.63RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.71RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.71RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.67RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.67RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.7RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.8CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.7AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.74AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.7RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.77AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.66AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.62TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr

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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.