American Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Inter and Maryland Short Term Tax Free is 0.04 (i.e., Significant 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 weak diversification

The correlation between American Funds International and DJI is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds International and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.68AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.93RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.89RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.61FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.92AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.89RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.87AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.87AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.93RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.8TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.82TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.93RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.44TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.34TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr

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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.