American Mutual Correlations

AMFCX Fund  USD 57.20  0.46  0.81%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Mutual and Fabwx is -0.08 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of American Mutual 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 Mutual Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between American Mutual Fund 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 Mutual Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Mutual Fund. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  1.0AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.93RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.98FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.88TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.97RRPPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.9FCJTX American Funds 2055PairCorr
  0.91RRQPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.96RROPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.92REJTX American Funds 2015PairCorr
  0.9RGNAX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.9WMFFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.88GAFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.96VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.89DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr
  0.92AFMFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.92FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.92FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  1.0AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.87VIVAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.98VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.98VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.98VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.98VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.98VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.92VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.92VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.77GLOIX Gamco Global OpportunityPairCorr
  0.87DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.86GICPX Gamco Global GrowthPairCorr

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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 Mutual 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 Mutual'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.