Capital World Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Capital World Bond and Alpine High Yield is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Capital World 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 World Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Capital World Bond and DJI is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Capital World Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Capital Mutual Fund

  0.8AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.65RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.78RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.93FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.84AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.88AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.75TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.75TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.8TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.79FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.78TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.79TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.82RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.85AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.93TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.95TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.95TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.67RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

Moving against Capital Mutual Fund

  0.41RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.4RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.39RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.39RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.39RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.39RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.47AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.46AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.4RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Capital Mutual Fund performing well and Capital World 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 World'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.