American Funds Correlations

FPTPX Fund  USD 13.63  0.04  0.29%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Conse and Income Fund Of is 0.95 (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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds Conservative and DJI is 0.8 (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 Conservative and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.92AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.79RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.88AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.91AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.61RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.61RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.61RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.61AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.77RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.68AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.76RNWFX 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  0.32 (0.01)(0.18) 0.10  0.30 
 0.70 
 2.01 
RNEBX  0.56 (0.07) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.46 (0.02)(0.12) 0.09  0.42 
 0.90 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.46 (0.02)(0.11) 0.09  0.42 
 0.91 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.25 (0.02)(0.31) 0.05  0.26 
 0.52 
 1.42 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.01) 0.00  0.43  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.33 (0.01)(0.18) 0.10  0.32 
 0.70 
 2.01 
RNGGX  0.66  0.06 (0.05) 1.39  0.96 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.67  0.06 (0.05) 1.50  0.96 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.66  0.06 (0.05) 1.42  0.96 
 1.47 
 4.07