American Funds Correlations

FTDHX Fund  USD 12.12  0.07  0.58%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds College and Income Fund Of is 0.85 (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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds College 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 College 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 College. 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 rate.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.97AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.89AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.85RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.97AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.82FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.91RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.93CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.97AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.97AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.97RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.72RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.55AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.52ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.52ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.52ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.51ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.51ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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 (0.02)(0.22) 0.09  0.31 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNEBX  0.55 (0.02) 0.00  0.56  0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.46  0.05 (0.14) 2.37  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.46  0.05 (0.14) 2.76  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.25 (0.02)(0.31) 0.07  0.25 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.02) 0.00 (0.37) 0.00 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.32 (0.02)(0.21) 0.09  0.33 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNGGX  0.67  0.07 (0.05) 1.50  0.97 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.67  0.07 (0.05) 1.48  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.07