American Funds Correlations

FGFWX Fund  USD 13.89  0.09  0.65%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Retirement and Arrow Managed Futures is 0.12 (i.e., Average 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

Average diversification

The correlation between American Funds Retirement and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Retirement and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds Retirement. 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 housing.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.61AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.68RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.73RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.73RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.93FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.73RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.61AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.63AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.8RNPBX New Perspective Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.8RNPAX New Perspective Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.85RNPHX New Perspective Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.8RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.8RNPCX New Perspective Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.8RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.8RNPEX New Perspective Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.61AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

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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.