American Mutual Correlations

AMFFX Fund  USD 59.90  0.21  0.35%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Mutual and Amcap Fund Class is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of American Mutual 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 Mutual Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Mutual Fund and DJI is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Mutual Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.9AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  1.0AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.9AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.88RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.89AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.83RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.92AMRFX American MutualPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.31FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.57AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.55CWBFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.54ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between American Mutual Fund performing well and American Mutual 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 Mutual's 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.