Capital Income Correlations

CIRFX Fund  USD 73.28  0.30  0.41%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital Income Builder and Income Fund Of is 0.95 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Capital Income 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.

Capital Income Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Capital Income Builder and DJI is 0.72 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Capital Income Builder and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Capital Mutual Fund

  0.74AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.83RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.66AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.65AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.91RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.73AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.89FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.68CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.77RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.77RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.65AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.64AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.95RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.83RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.83RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.83RNWGX New World FundPairCorr

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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 Capital Mutual Fund performing well and Capital Income 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 Capital Income'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
AMECX  0.32 (0.02)(0.22) 0.09  0.31 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNEBX  0.54 (0.07) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.46 (0.02)(0.13) 0.09  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.46 (0.02)(0.12) 0.10  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.25 (0.02)(0.31) 0.07  0.25 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.01) 0.00  0.32  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.32 (0.02)(0.21) 0.09  0.33 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNGGX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.95 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.93 
 1.47 
 4.07