American Funds Correlations

FWWNX Fund  USD 81.10  1.54  1.94%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds New and Scout E Bond is -0.06 (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

Average diversification

The correlation between American Funds New and DJI is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds New 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 New. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.96VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0FNFWX American Funds NewPairCorr
  1.0NEWFX New World FundPairCorr
  1.0NWFFX New World FundPairCorr
  1.0NEWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr
  0.78VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.78VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.78VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.79VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.79VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.89VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.89VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.89VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.79VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.78VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95RIRAX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.77CEE Central Europe RussiaPairCorr
  0.66XEDDX Morgan Stanley EmergingPairCorr

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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.