American High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and New Economy Fund is 0.28 (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 poor diversification

The correlation between American High Income and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor 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

  0.92RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.96RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.92FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.9AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.75RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.76RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.73RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.73RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.74RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.74RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.96FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.92TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.86CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.75RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.78RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.95RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.93RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.95CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.95CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.95CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.82ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.83ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.93CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.94TFEBX 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  0.68  0.22  0.27  0.41  0.08 
 1.60 
 7.64 
RNCCX  0.24  0.06  0.01  0.25  0.00 
 0.56 
 1.62 
FPPPX  0.07  0.01 (0.55)(0.47) 0.00 
 0.11 
 0.52 
AMEFX  0.41  0.22  0.38  0.66  0.00 
 0.79 
 7.41 
RNGGX  0.78  0.08  0.06  0.18  0.91 
 1.71 
 4.53 
RNGFX  0.79  0.08  0.06  0.17  0.96 
 1.72 
 4.52 
RNGHX  0.93  0.27  0.20  0.52  0.69 
 1.81 
 12.70 
RNGBX  0.79  0.08  0.05  0.17  0.97 
 1.71 
 4.53 
RNGAX  0.78  0.08  0.06  0.17  0.94 
 1.71 
 4.53 
RNGEX  0.79  0.08  0.06  0.17  0.96 
 1.70 
 4.54