American Funds Correlations

INPFX Fund  USD 14.73  0.04  0.27%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Income and Neuberger Berman Genesis is 0.76 (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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between American Funds Income and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 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 Funds 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 price.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.96AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.76CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  0.89AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.88TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.86TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.87TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.79AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.95TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.95TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.95TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.95EMGEX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.83ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.84ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.78ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.81ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.95EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.84NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87CWBFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.88CWBCX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.89PGGAX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.92PGGFX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.82ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.94BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.94CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.96CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.96CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.94WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.91WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  1.0FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.98FAETX American Funds 2030PairCorr

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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
TAIFX  0.26  0.06 (0.04)(1.02) 0.18 
 0.53 
 1.77 
PQIAX  0.70  0.25  0.25  10.67  0.25 
 1.53 
 11.59 
HSWYX  0.60  0.09  0.02 (51.78) 0.62 
 1.20 
 3.13 
PGGFX  0.61  0.09  0.02 (1.18) 0.67 
 1.22 
 3.79 
MGRAX  0.56  0.04 (0.04) 2.43  0.62 
 1.18 
 3.00 
TQAAX  0.87  0.15  0.08  5.81  0.81 
 1.84 
 5.58 
TQAIX  0.82  0.08  0.09  0.16  0.76 
 1.48 
 5.55 
MGRDX  0.54  0.06 (0.01)(3.16) 0.56 
 1.20 
 2.98 
TLLIX  0.49  0.09  0.02 (2.13) 0.50 
 1.02 
 3.12 
NBGNX  0.77  0.13  0.09  1.91  0.63 
 2.11 
 4.55