American High Correlations

AHTCX Fund  USD 9.84  0.02  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between American High Income and Sierra E Retirement is 0.62 (i.e., Poor 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

Good diversification

The correlation between American High Income and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good 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

  0.96AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.97RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.96AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.79FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.97AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.95RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.95RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.71TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.62TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.95RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.94AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.94AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.94RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.88TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.89TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.89TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.95RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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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.