American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Income and Ab Small Cap is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between American Funds Income and DJI is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no 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

  0.97RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.86FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.85TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.97FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.74TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.85CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.92FBDTX American Funds 2025PairCorr
  0.87CGFEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.87CGFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.81RAAGX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.96RSLAX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.96SFCWX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.97CIPCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.92RCCTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  0.92REJTX American Funds 2015PairCorr
  0.94REITX American Funds 2050PairCorr
  0.92RWBEX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.91RWIBX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.91RWIAX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.92RWIHX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.92RWIGX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.92RWICX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.69USGFX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.94RIRAX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.95RITAX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.95CSPCX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.91VWIAX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.97VWINX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.98BKMIX Blackrock Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.91HBLTX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.91HBLRX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.91HBLSX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.91HBLVX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.91HBLFX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.91HBLYX Hartford BalancedPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.69IFN India ClosedPairCorr
  0.62IIF Morgan Stanley IndiaPairCorr

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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.