Growth Fund Correlations

GFAFX Fund  USD 83.11  0.67  0.80%   
The current 90-days correlation between Growth Fund and Europacific Growth Fund is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Growth Fund 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.

Growth Fund Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Growth Fund Of and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Growth Fund Of and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Growth Fund Of. 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 census.

Moving together with Growth Mutual Fund

  0.74AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.74AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.75AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.75AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.95RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.91RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.98AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.98AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.8RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.78RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.76AMRFX American MutualPairCorr

Moving against Growth Mutual Fund

  0.51FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.73ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.72ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.72ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.72ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.71ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.69AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.5CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr

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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 Growth Mutual Fund performing well and Growth Fund 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 Growth Fund's 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.