American Funds Correlations

RCCTX Fund  USD 13.62  0.06  0.44%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2020 and Vanguard Lifestrategy Moderate is 0.26 (i.e., Modest 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2020 and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2020 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds 2020. 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 estimate.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.77AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.84RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.88AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.77AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.68TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.68TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.62TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.89FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.62TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.61TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.84RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.76CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.85AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.83AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.9RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.81AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.84RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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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.
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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.