American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2045 and Vanguard Target Retirement is -0.11 (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

Good diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2045 and DJI is -0.17 (i.e., Good 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

  0.99AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  1.0RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  1.0AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.98RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.72FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.99AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  1.0RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  1.0RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  1.0RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  1.0RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.7AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.64TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.99AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.99AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.98RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  1.0RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  1.0AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.99AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.99RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.99RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.99RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.98CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.98CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.99CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.99ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.99ANFCX New Economy 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.