Capital World Correlations

RCWBX Fund  USD 15.75  0.04  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital World Bond and Goldman Sachs Short is 0.38 (i.e., 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between Capital World Bond and DJI is 0.09 (i.e., Significant 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.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Capital World Bond. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Capital Mutual Fund

  0.77AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.61RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.78RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.9FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.81AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.87AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.74TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.74TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.79TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.79FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.78TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.78TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.8RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.93AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.9TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.93TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.93TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.63RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

Moving against Capital Mutual Fund

  0.37AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.36AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr

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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.