American Funds Correlations

RCFTX Fund  USD 18.98  0.09  0.48%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2035 and Income Fund Of is 0.63 (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

Modest diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2035 and DJI is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2035 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.81AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.78RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.82AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.83AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.75TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.7TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.73TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.96FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.64TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.64TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.88RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.9AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.9AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.94RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.82AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.73AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.65TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.78RNWFX 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.
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 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
AMECX  0.39 (0.05) 0.00 (0.23) 0.00 
 0.67 
 3.18 
RNEBX  0.57 (0.14) 0.00 (1.22) 0.00 
 0.89 
 4.01 
AMFCX  0.53 (0.09) 0.00 (0.18) 0.00 
 0.90 
 6.56 
AMFFX  0.53 (0.09) 0.00 (5.09) 0.00 
 0.91 
 6.50 
RNCCX  0.30 (0.04) 0.00 (0.22) 0.00 
 0.52 
 2.16 
FPPPX  0.10 (0.01)(0.03)(0.30) 0.11 
 0.21 
 0.75 
AMEFX  0.40 (0.05) 0.00 (0.34) 0.00 
 0.72 
 3.15 
RNGGX  0.89 (0.09) 0.00  1.53  0.00 
 1.44 
 10.95 
RNGFX  0.89 (0.09) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 1.43 
 10.94 
RNGHX  0.89 (0.10) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 1.44 
 11.07