Capital World Correlations

WGIFX Fund  USD 64.51  0.25  0.39%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital World Growth and Health Biotchnology Portfolio is 0.31 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Capital World Growth and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Capital World Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Capital World Growth. 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 CAPITAL Mutual Fund

  0.69AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.95AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.75RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.64AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.74FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.7AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.87RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.66RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.8RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.8RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.81RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.81RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.81RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.78ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.79ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.79ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.73PGGFX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.88ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.84BALFX American BalancedPairCorr

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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 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.