American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Global and Gmo Resources is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak 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 Global and DJI is 0.84 (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 Global and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  1.0AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.99RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  1.0AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.75FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  1.0AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.78AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.64TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.73TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  1.0FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.99RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  1.0CDJAX 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
  0.99AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.98TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.98TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.98TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.99RNWFX 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.