New World Correlations

NFFFX Fund  USD 80.69  0.04  0.05%   
The current 90-days correlation between New World Fund and California Bond Fund is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of New World 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.

New World Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between New World Fund and DJI is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding New World Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in New World Fund. 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 New Mutual Fund

  0.67AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  1.0RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.81RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.66AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.79FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.65CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.76RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  1.0RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between New Mutual Fund performing well and New World 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 New World'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.