New World Correlations

NWFFX Fund  USD 79.74  0.33  0.41%   
The current 90-days correlation between New World Fund and Smallcap World Fund is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of New 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.

New World Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between New World Fund and DJI is 0.42 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding New World Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in New World Fund. 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 census.

Moving together with New Mutual Fund

  0.73AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  1.0RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.76AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.77AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.82RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.72AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.81FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.62CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.75RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.75AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.7RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  1.0RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  1.0RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  1.0RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.79CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.8CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.75CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.75NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.61CWBFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.63DITFX American Funds 2050PairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis

Click cells to compare fundamentals   Check Volatility   Backtest Portfolio

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between New Mutual Fund performing well and New 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 New 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.