Income Fund Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Income Fund and New World Fund is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Income 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.

Income Fund Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Income Fund Of and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Income Fund Of and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Income Mutual Fund

  1.0AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.66RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  1.0AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.99RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.87FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  1.0AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.82AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.81TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.82TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.81TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.82TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.82TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.74CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.67AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.68AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.66RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.66RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.68RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.68RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.67RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.63RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.67RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  1.0AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.83AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.86TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.88TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.88TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.64RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Income Mutual Fund performing well and Income 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 Income 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.