American Funds Correlations

BFCFX Fund  USD 9.57  0.04  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Porate and Income Fund Of is 0.2 (i.e., Modest 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 Porate and DJI is -0.11 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Porate 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 Porate. 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 census.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.95FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.62AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.77TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.81TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.7TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.77TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.98AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.78TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.71TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.69TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.6RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.6RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.6RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.6RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.59RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.59RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.59RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.43AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.41AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.37AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.37AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.59RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.57AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.56AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.44AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.43AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.42CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.34RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.34RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.34RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.33RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.33RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.32RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.32RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr

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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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AMFFXAMFCX
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RNGHXRNGGX
RNGHXRNGFX
AMFCXAMECX
  
High negative correlations   
RNGHXFPPPX
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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  0.32 (0.02)(0.22) 0.09  0.31 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNEBX  0.54 (0.07) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.46 (0.02)(0.13) 0.09  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.46 (0.02)(0.12) 0.10  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.25 (0.02)(0.31) 0.07  0.25 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.01) 0.00  0.32  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.32 (0.02)(0.21) 0.09  0.33 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNGGX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.95 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.93 
 1.47 
 4.07