Amcap Fund Correlations

AMPCX Fund  USD 36.50  0.19  0.52%   
The current 90-days correlation between Amcap Fund Class and Income Fund Of is 0.75 (i.e., Poor 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Amcap Fund Class and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Amcap Mutual Fund

  0.9AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.94AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.72RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.9AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.98RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.75FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.98RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  1.0AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.63RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr

Moving against Amcap Mutual Fund

  0.42FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.65AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.64ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.63ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.63ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.63ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.63ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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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AMFCXAMECX
  
High negative correlations   
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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
AMECX  0.32 (0.01)(0.18) 0.10  0.30 
 0.70 
 2.01 
RNEBX  0.56 (0.07) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.46 (0.02)(0.12) 0.09  0.42 
 0.90 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.46 (0.02)(0.11) 0.09  0.42 
 0.91 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.25 (0.02)(0.31) 0.05  0.26 
 0.52 
 1.42 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.01) 0.00  0.43  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.33 (0.01)(0.18) 0.10  0.32 
 0.70 
 2.01 
RNGGX  0.67 (0.04)(0.04) 0.08  0.96 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.67 (0.04)(0.04) 0.08  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.67 (0.04)(0.04) 0.08  0.96 
 1.47 
 4.07