American Funds Correlations

GWPCX Fund  USD 25.70  0.12  0.47%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Growth and Income Fund Of is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between American Funds Growth and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor 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 Risk vs Return Analysis 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.9AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.87AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.73RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.91AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.93RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.99RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.99RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  1.0AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  1.0AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.94RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.93AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.7RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.62AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.6ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.6ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.59ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.59ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.59ANBFX 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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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