American High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and New World Fund is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of American High 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 High Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between American High Income and DJI is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American High Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.84RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.91RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.89FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.87AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.83TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.91FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.71TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.86RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.83RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.84RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.84RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.84RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.84RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.84RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.84RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.84RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.75CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.72CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.74CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.71CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.63ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.64ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.92CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.79TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between American Mutual Fund performing well and American High 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 High'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
RNEBX  0.63  0.12  0.15  0.24  0.38 
 1.46 
 6.57 
RNCCX  0.30  0.03 (0.02) 0.16  0.21 
 0.51 
 2.36 
FPPPX  0.08  0.00 (0.54) 0.13  0.00 
 0.11 
 0.32 
AMEFX  0.46  0.13  0.21  0.36  0.00 
 0.76 
 7.35 
RNGGX  0.93  0.24  0.16  0.39  0.87 
 1.82 
 12.13 
RNGFX  0.93  0.23  0.16  0.39  0.88 
 1.81 
 12.04 
RNGHX  0.93  0.24  0.17  0.40  0.86 
 1.81 
 12.34 
RNGBX  0.97  0.27  0.19  0.48  0.81 
 1.82 
 14.77 
RNGAX  0.98  0.28  0.19  0.49  0.81 
 1.82 
 14.91 
RNGEX  0.94  0.24  0.17  0.41  0.88 
 1.82 
 12.46