American High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and Income Fund Of is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of American High 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 High Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between American High Income and DJI is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American High Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American High Income. 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 census.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.79AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.73AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.66RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.79AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.73RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.76RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.73RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.76RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.75RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.79AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.8AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.68RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.68RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.78AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.79AMRFX American MutualPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.47AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.47ANBEX 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 High 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 High's 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)(0.20) 0.08  0.32 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNEBX  0.55 (0.02) 0.00  0.49  0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.45  0.06 (0.11) 2.59  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.45  0.06 (0.10) 3.04  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.25 (0.02)(0.30) 0.04  0.26 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.02) 0.00 (0.40) 0.00 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.32 (0.02)(0.20) 0.08  0.33 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNGGX  0.66  0.08 (0.02) 1.67  0.95 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.67 (0.03)(0.04) 0.08  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.66  0.08 (0.03) 1.66  0.93 
 1.47 
 4.07