American Funds Correlations

AAGTX Fund  USD 21.47  0.17  0.79%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds 2040 and T Rowe Price is 0.16 (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 2040 and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds 2040 and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.76AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.71RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.94AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.7FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.89RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.92RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.65AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.82RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.89RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.7RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.81RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.81RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.82RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.82CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.81CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.82CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.89ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.69NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.33ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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.