Amcap Fund Correlations

AMCPX Fund  USD 46.13  0.25  0.54%   
The current 90-days correlation between Amcap Fund Class and Amcap Fund Class is 0.02 (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

Average diversification

The correlation between Amcap Fund Class and DJI is 0.14 (i.e., Average 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.
  
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Moving together with Amcap Mutual Fund

  0.76AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.74AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.75AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  0.81AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.82AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.75AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.67EMGEX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.83ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.64EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.72NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.88BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.82CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.84CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.84CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.62WSHFX Washington 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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PRUFXTRSAX
PRUFXRRGSX
SMCWXRLLGX
AMPCXRAFFX
RRBGXAMPCX
  

High negative correlations

SMCWXRRGSX
RLLGXRRGSX
SMCWXTRSAX
RLLGXTRSAX
SMCWXPRUFX
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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  0.76 (0.05) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 1.33 
 7.98 
AMPCX  0.79 (0.07) 0.00 (0.33) 0.00 
 1.31 
 9.40 
TRSAX  1.01 (0.20) 0.00 (0.44) 0.00 
 1.75 
 14.96 
RRGSX  1.02 (0.21) 0.00 (0.46) 0.00 
 1.75 
 15.76 
PRUFX  0.99 (0.18) 0.00 (0.43) 0.00 
 1.76 
 14.35 
RRBGX  0.90 (0.07) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 1.69 
 8.07 
PABGX  0.96  0.00 (0.02) 0.07  1.68 
 2.15 
 10.73 
RLLGX  0.78 (0.05) 0.00 (0.44) 0.00 
 1.32 
 5.73 
SMCWX  0.78 (0.05) 0.00 (0.59) 0.00 
 1.32 
 5.56 
SCWFX  0.78 (0.05) 0.00 (0.39) 0.00 
 1.32 
 5.60