American Funds Correlations

FWCGX Fund  USD 68.44  0.15  0.22%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Funds Capital and Income Fund Of is -0.05 (i.e., Good 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Funds Capital and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Funds Capital 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 American Funds Capital. 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 price.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.85AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.77RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.88AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.85AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.81RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.87RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.78AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.78AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.89RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.81AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.79RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.7RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.68RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.69RNWCX New World FundPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.42AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.37ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.37ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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 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.
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  0.55 (0.02) 0.00  0.56  0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.46  0.05 (0.14) 2.37  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.46  0.05 (0.14) 2.76  0.43 
 0.90 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.25 (0.02)(0.31) 0.07  0.25 
 0.52 
 1.32 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.02) 0.00 (0.37) 0.00 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.32 (0.02)(0.21) 0.09  0.33 
 0.68 
 1.81 
RNGGX  0.67  0.07 (0.05) 1.50  0.97 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.66 (0.03)(0.03) 0.10  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.67  0.07 (0.05) 1.48  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.07