American Funds Correlations

FPGGX Fund  USD 26.71  0.09  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Growth and Income Fund Of is -0.1 (i.e., Good 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 Growth and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Growth 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 Growth. 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 price.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.85AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.93AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.93AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.77RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.85AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.92RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.94AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.94AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.85RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.85RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.61RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.66AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.63ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.63ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.63ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.62ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.62ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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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RNGFXRNGGX
RNGHXRNGFX
AMFCXAMECX
  
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  0.32 (0.01)(0.12) 0.07  0.32 
 0.70 
 2.01 
RNEBX  0.58 (0.01) 0.00  0.19  0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.45  0.05 (0.06)(1.68) 0.43 
 0.89 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.45  0.05 (0.06)(1.66) 0.43 
 0.91 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.26  0.02 (0.19)(4.53) 0.26 
 0.53 
 1.42 
FPPPX  0.12 (0.01)(0.50)(0.22) 0.13 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.33 (0.01)(0.12) 0.07  0.34 
 0.70 
 2.01 
RNGGX  0.69  0.05 (0.03)(4.73) 0.98 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.68 (0.04)(0.04) 0.04  0.99 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.69  0.05 (0.03)(4.94) 0.98 
 1.47 
 4.07