American Funds Correlations

RFVTX Fund  USD 18.43  0.09  0.49%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2065 and Vanguard Target Retirement is 0.17 (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

Modest diversification

The correlation between American Funds 2065 and DJI is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2065 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Funds 2065. 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 estimate.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.83AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.88AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.66RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.83AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.8FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.91RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.85AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.85AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.85RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.68RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.35FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.55AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.54ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.54ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.54ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.54ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.53ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.34CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr

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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
VLXVX  0.42  0.02 (0.06) 0.16  0.35 
 1.07 
 2.93 
FBMTX  0.46  0.08 (0.02) 0.58  0.46 
 1.05 
 2.97 
RCPTX  0.44  0.03 (0.03) 0.16  0.45 
 1.06 
 3.01 
FAXTX  0.44  0.03 (0.03) 0.16  0.46 
 1.05 
 2.99 
RBEOX  0.44  0.02 (0.03) 0.15  0.45 
 1.00 
 3.02 
AAOTX  0.46  0.08 (0.02) 0.57  0.47 
 1.05 
 2.94 
RDLTX  0.43  0.03 (0.03) 0.16  0.42 
 1.05 
 3.05 
RHLTX  0.44  0.03 (0.03) 0.16  0.44 
 1.05 
 3.03 
RFVTX  0.45  0.08 (0.02) 0.56  0.47 
 1.05 
 3.02 
RBOTX  0.45  0.08 (0.02) 0.55  0.52 
 1.01 
 2.98