American Funds Correlations

RAJTX Fund  USD 12.97  0.04  0.31%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2015 and Aqr Small Cap is 0.76 (i.e., Poor 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 poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2015 and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2015 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.97AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.97RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.98AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.81FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.98AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.68AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.62TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.98AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.98AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.98RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.99AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.99TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.98RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.98RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.98RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.98RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.98RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.98RNWAX 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.