Amcap Fund Correlations

FMACX Fund  USD 44.83  3.09  6.45%   
The current 90-days correlation between Amcap Fund Class and Income Fund Of is 0.24 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Amcap 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.

Amcap Fund Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Amcap Fund Class and DJI is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Amcap Fund Class and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Amcap Fund Class. 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 Amcap Mutual Fund

  0.64AMFCX American Mutual Downward RallyPairCorr
  0.66AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.84RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.95RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  1.0AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  1.0AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.8RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.8RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.82RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.62AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.63AMRFX American MutualPairCorr

Moving against Amcap Mutual Fund

  0.33FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.31RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.59ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.58ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.57ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.57ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.57ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.53AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.39CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.38CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.38CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.38CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.36CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr

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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 Amcap Mutual Fund performing well and Amcap 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 Amcap 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
AMECX  0.35 (0.09) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 0.66 
 5.01 
RNEBX  0.50  0.01 (0.07)(0.36) 0.63 
 1.04 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.41  0.01 (0.10) 0.19  0.37 
 0.84 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.41  0.01 (0.10) 0.22  0.36 
 0.83 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.23 (0.02)(0.21)(0.02) 0.27 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.02) 0.00 (0.67) 0.00 
 0.21 
 0.74 
AMEFX  0.36 (0.09) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 0.66 
 5.05 
RNGGX  0.61  0.13  0.08  2.25  0.66 
 1.38 
 4.00 
RNGFX  0.77 (0.06)(0.03)(0.01) 1.87 
 1.39 
 4.01 
RNGHX  0.61  0.13  0.09  2.22  0.67 
 1.40 
 4.01