American Funds Correlations

RIVJX Fund  USD 17.08  0.10  0.58%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Inter and Income Fund Of is 0.59 (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

Weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds International and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak 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 Your Equity Center 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 inflation.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.76FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.82AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.83RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.85ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.73CENAX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.95CEUCX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.94CEUAX Europacific GrowthPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.51ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.48AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.44RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.44RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.43RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.61FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.51CFNEX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.42FAHHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.39WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.37CWMCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.31BALFX American BalancedPairCorr

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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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AMFFXAMECX
  
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  0.50 (0.01)(0.11) 0.06  0.64 
 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 (0.02)(0.27) 0.03  0.23 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.02) 0.00 (19.51) 0.00 
 0.21 
 0.74 
AMEFX  0.31 (0.01)(0.19) 0.06  0.28 
 0.66 
 1.81 
RNGGX  0.60  0.05  0.04  0.16  0.68 
 1.38 
 4.00 
RNGFX  0.61  0.05  0.04  0.16  0.68 
 1.39 
 4.01 
RNGHX  0.60  0.05  0.04  0.16  0.68 
 1.40 
 4.01