American Funds Correlations

AIVEX Fund  USD 17.04  0.10  0.58%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Inter and Income Fund Of is 0.58 (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

Modest diversification

The correlation between American Funds International and DJI is 0.29 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds International and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds International. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in income.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.75FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.8AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.82RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.82ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.71CENAX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.95CEUCX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.94CEUAX Europacific GrowthPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.46ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.42AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.38RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.38RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.37RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.62FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.51CFNEX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.42FAHHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.4WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.37CWMCX Washington MutualPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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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  0.30 (0.01)(0.19) 0.06  0.28 
 0.66 
 1.81 
RNEBX  0.51 (0.02)(0.12) 0.02  0.65 
 1.04 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.42 (0.03)(0.15) 0.04  0.36 
 0.84 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.42 (0.03)(0.15) 0.05  0.35 
 0.83 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.23 (0.03)(0.31)(0.01) 0.26 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.02) 0.00  3.59  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.74 
AMEFX  0.30 (0.02)(0.23) 0.03  0.31 
 0.66 
 1.81 
RNGGX  0.61  0.05  0.03  0.15  0.70 
 1.38 
 4.00 
RNGFX  0.62  0.04  0.03  0.15  0.70 
 1.39 
 4.01 
RNGHX  0.62  0.04  0.03  0.15  0.70 
 1.40 
 4.01