New Economy Correlations

RNGCX Fund  USD 64.12  0.36  0.56%   
The current 90-days correlation between New Economy Fund and Target Retirement 2040 is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of New Economy 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.

New Economy Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between New Economy Fund and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding New Economy Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with New Mutual Fund

  0.91AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.93AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.93AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.71RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.75FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  1.0RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.93RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.97BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.97BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.88CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.87CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.86CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.88CWIFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.92RPEBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.99CFNAX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.99GWPAX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.99GWPCX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.99GWPFX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.96GFACX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.96GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.79SCWCX American Fds SmallcapPairCorr
  0.97FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.96CGFEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.96CGFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.96CGFCX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.96CGFAX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.97FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.99CGRGX American Funds GrowthPairCorr

Moving against New Mutual Fund

  0.68AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.65ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.63CWBFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.45FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.68CGTCX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.68CGTAX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.66CFAAX Bond FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between New Mutual Fund performing well and New Economy 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 New Economy'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.