American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Government and Dreyfusstandish Global Fixed is 0.88 (i.e., Very 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

Average diversification

The correlation between American Funds Government and DJI is 0.19 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Government 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 Government. 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 price.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.74AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.76RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.69AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.79RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.74AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.68RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.73AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.76TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.77TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.71TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.78FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.74TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.72TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.68RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.66AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.64AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.72RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.69AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  1.0AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.68TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.66TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.68TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  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.
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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.