American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Developing and Voya Government Money is -0.06 (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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds Developing and DJI is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Developing and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.98AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.99RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.98RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.72FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.98AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.8AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.61TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.7TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.99RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.99AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.99AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.99RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.98AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.98RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.96TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.97TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.97TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  1.0RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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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.