American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Balanced and Income Fund Of is 0.14 (i.e., Average 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 Balanced and DJI is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Balanced and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.69AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.73RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.71AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.8AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.79AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.77RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.77RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.76RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.77RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.66AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.71TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.7TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.65TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.87FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.66TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.65TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.77RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.8AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.81AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.9RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.9RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.71AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.8RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.71AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.66TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.74RNWFX 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 (0.06) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 0.67 
 3.18 
RNEBX  0.57 (0.14) 0.00 (1.05) 0.00 
 0.89 
 4.01 
AMFCX  0.52 (0.11) 0.00 (0.18) 0.00 
 0.90 
 6.56 
AMFFX  0.53 (0.09) 0.00 (2.36) 0.00 
 0.91 
 6.50 
RNCCX  0.30 (0.04) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 0.52 
 2.16 
FPPPX  0.10 (0.01)(0.16)(0.35) 0.11 
 0.21 
 0.75 
AMEFX  0.39 (0.06) 0.00 (0.31) 0.00 
 0.72 
 3.15 
RNGGX  0.88 (0.10) 0.00  2.63  0.00 
 1.44 
 10.95 
RNGFX  0.89 (0.11) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.43 
 10.94 
RNGHX  0.89 (0.11) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.44 
 11.07