American High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and Legg Mason Western is 0.54 (i.e., Very weak 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

Modest diversification

The correlation between American High Income and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest 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

  0.91FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.62FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.63CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.86RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.74TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.8TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.79TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

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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.