American Funds Correlations

INPFX Fund  USD 14.47  0.04  0.28%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Income and Neuberger Berman Genesis is 0.33 (i.e., Weak 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 0.92 (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

  0.9AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.91AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  0.8AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.72TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.66TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.72TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.9AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.65AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.9TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.91TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.92TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.89EMGEX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.78ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.78ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.64ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.92ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.89ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.9NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69CWBFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.7CWBCX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.9PGGAX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.95PGGFX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.89ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.92BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.9CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.91CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.91CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.97WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.93WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  1.0FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.99FAETX American Funds 2030PairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.44AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

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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  0.02 (0.03) 0.11  0.28 
 0.53 
 1.83 
PQIAX  0.68  0.23  0.28  17.14  0.25 
 1.29 
 11.59 
HSWYX  0.59  0.00 (0.01) 0.06  0.74 
 1.20 
 3.13 
PGGFX  0.59  0.04  0.04  0.11  0.71 
 1.22 
 3.59 
MGRAX  0.57  0.13  0.14  1.55  0.40 
 1.18 
 4.66 
TQAAX  0.83  0.01  0.01  0.06  0.98 
 1.77 
 4.01 
TQAIX  0.83  0.01  0.01  0.06  0.99 
 1.80 
 4.00 
MGRDX  0.57  0.10  0.13  0.24  0.40 
 1.18 
 4.65 
TLLIX  0.48  0.04  0.03  0.11  0.56 
 1.02 
 3.03 
NBGNX  1.07  0.27  0.34  0.32  0.40 
 2.11 
 19.74