Income Fund Correlations

RIEBX Fund  USD 26.09  0.03  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between Income Fund and Strategic Allocation Aggressive is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Income Fund 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.

Income Fund Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Income Fund Of and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Income Fund Of and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Income Mutual Fund

  0.86AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.75AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.76RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.86AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.73RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.73RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.7FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.73RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.79AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.79AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.86RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.74AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.64RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against Income Mutual Fund

  0.46ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.44AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.41ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.41ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.41ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.41ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.31CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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