Amcap Fund Correlations

AMCPX Fund  USD 45.25  0.19  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between Amcap Fund Class and Smallcap World Fund is 0.05 (i.e., Significant 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Amcap Fund Class and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no 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 Trending Equities 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 persons.

Moving together with AMCAP Mutual Fund

  0.91AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.93AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.93AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  0.96AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.65AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.67ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.88ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.93NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.93NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.87BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.93CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.93CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.88WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.95WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.88FAETX American Funds 2030PairCorr
  0.85FAFWX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.89FAJTX American Funds 2055PairCorr
  0.87FAOTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  0.89FAQTX American Funds 2035PairCorr
  0.87FAPTX American Funds 2025PairCorr
  0.89FATTX American Funds 2045PairCorr
  0.89FAUTX American Funds 2040PairCorr
  0.88GWPAX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.88GWPCX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.87GWPFX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.88FAWTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.93GFACX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.94GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.85FBFWX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.87FCFWX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.85NBARX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.89CIBFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.87AADTX American Funds 2025PairCorr
  0.91AAFTX American Funds 2035PairCorr
  0.9AAGTX American Funds 2040PairCorr
  0.9AAHTX American Funds 2045PairCorr

Moving against AMCAP Mutual Fund

  0.59AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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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SCWFXTRSAX
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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
RAFFX  0.69 (0.02)(0.02) 0.02  0.99 
 1.35 
 5.06 
AMPCX  0.71  0.01  0.00  0.04  0.98 
 1.32 
 6.71 
TRSAX  0.75 (0.17) 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 
 1.38 
 4.97 
RRGSX  1.00  0.07  0.07  0.09  1.06 
 1.38 
 20.23 
PRUFX  0.96  0.04  0.04  0.07  1.11 
 1.38 
 17.71 
RRBGX  0.85 (0.06) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.49 
 8.67 
PABGX  0.92 (0.14) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 1.50 
 10.73 
RLLGX  0.75  0.16  0.16  0.95  0.58 
 1.46 
 6.70 
SMCWX  0.75  0.16  0.16  0.89  0.58 
 1.46 
 6.89 
SCWFX  0.76  0.11  0.13  0.16  0.62 
 1.46 
 6.96