American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Retirement and Pioneer Diversified High is -0.11 (i.e., Good 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 Retirement and DJI is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Retirement and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds Retirement. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in american community survey.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.83AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.72RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.68AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.67AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.99RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.83AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.64RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.64RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.64RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.64RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.64AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.63AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.85RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.76AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.79RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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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.
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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.