American Funds Correlations

RRCTX Fund  USD 14.41  0.09  0.63%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2020 and Us Government Securities is 0.3 (i.e., 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2020 and DJI is 0.64 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2020 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

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  0.77RRTBX Trowe Price RetirementPairCorr
  0.93FFFDX Fidelity Freedom 2020PairCorr
  0.99CCCTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  1.0FAOTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  0.72BXEAX Barings Emerging MarketsPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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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.