American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2045 and Income Fund Of is -0.13 (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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2045 and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2045 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
  0.98AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.98AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.99RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.73FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.98AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  1.0RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  1.0RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  1.0RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.8AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.62TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.71TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.76RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.71CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  1.0AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  1.0AMPFX 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
  0.98AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.76RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.97TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.97TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.98TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.77RNWFX 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
AMECX  0.33  0.14  0.00 (1.76) 0.01 
 0.94 
 2.22 
RNEBX  0.47  0.26  0.21 (7.69) 0.00 
 1.87 
 3.41 
AMFCX  0.51  0.18  0.06 (2.44) 0.45 
 1.52 
 3.61 
AMFFX  0.51  0.18  0.06 (2.52) 0.45 
 1.52 
 3.62 
RNCCX  0.27  0.06 (0.05) 0.31  0.00 
 0.85 
 1.83 
FPPPX  0.13  0.01 (0.58)(0.41) 0.07 
 0.21 
 0.64 
AMEFX  0.33  0.15  0.03 (1.86) 0.00 
 0.94 
 2.24 
RNGGX  0.68  0.32  0.18 (3.79) 0.45 
 2.23 
 5.17 
RNGFX  0.68  0.18  0.17  0.33  0.48 
 2.24 
 5.16 
RNGHX  0.68  0.32  0.18 (3.87) 0.45 
 2.25 
 5.17