American Funds Correlations

FMCMX Fund  USD 45.39  0.13  0.29%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Amcap and Gamco Global Telecommunications is 0.63 (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

Good diversification

The correlation between American Funds Amcap and DJI is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Amcap 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 Amcap. 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 population.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.98WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.96REMTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.92RWMGX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.98RGAGX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.98FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.98FFAFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.99GFACX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94AGTHX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94CGFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.99CGFCX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.98CGFAX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94CGFEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94RGAEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.65WHIYX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.68IVHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.66IHIFX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.66WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.65WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.82HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.7XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.61T ATT Inc Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.86INTC Intel Fiscal Year End 23rd of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.75BAC Bank of America Fiscal Year End 10th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.9CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.87AA Alcoa Corp Fiscal Year End 15th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.67TRV The Travelers Companies Fiscal Year End 17th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.7DIS Walt Disney Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.71MRK Merck Company Fiscal Year End 6th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.61KO Coca Cola Aggressive PushPairCorr

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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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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.