American Funds Correlations

RINEX Fund  USD 13.76  0.04  0.29%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Income and Ms Global Fixed is 0.2 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds Income and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.61RESCX Opportunity Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.62HSOAX Hsbc OpportunityPairCorr
  0.83VWINX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.84VWIAX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.94BKMIX Blackrock Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.95HBLTX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.95HBLRX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.95HBLSX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.95HBLVX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.95HBLYX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.95HBLCX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.95HBLIX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.89JAAAX Alternative AssetPairCorr
  0.62TINRX Tiaa Cref EquityPairCorr
  0.92FAAIX Fidelity Asset ManagerPairCorr
  0.66SRFMX Sarofim EquityPairCorr
  0.62CSGEX Blackrock Small CapPairCorr
  0.75PSWIX Strategic Asset ManaPairCorr
  0.63TIHHX Tiaa Cref HighPairCorr
  0.67TRNEX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.63ALFCX Lord Abbett AlphaPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.74FMFFX Fs Managed FuturesPairCorr

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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.