Amcap Fund Correlations

AMPCX Fund  USD 35.46  0.07  0.20%   
The current 90-days correlation between Amcap Fund Class and Amcap Fund Class is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no 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 weak diversification

The correlation between Amcap Fund Class and DJI is 0.59 (i.e., Very weak 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

  0.92AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.92AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.92AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.95CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  1.0AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.64TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.68TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.68TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.79ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.92ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.93ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.93ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.83BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.96BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.93CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.93CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.93CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.82WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.92WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.87FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.84FAETX American Funds 2030PairCorr

Moving against Amcap Mutual Fund

  0.52AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.38EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.37EMGEX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr

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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
AMCPX  0.67  0.06  0.05  0.12  0.93 
 1.86 
 4.47 
RAFFX  0.67  0.06  0.05  0.12  0.91 
 1.87 
 4.28 
AMFFX  0.57  0.09  0.09  0.20  0.52 
 0.85 
 6.39 
RMFGX  0.50 (0.01)(0.04) 0.04  0.63 
 0.83 
 2.59 
NWFFX  0.65  0.11  0.12  0.20  0.60 
 1.35 
 6.40 
NFFFX  0.65  0.11  0.12  0.20  0.60 
 1.34 
 6.40 
RNWGX  0.65  0.11  0.12  0.20  0.61 
 1.35 
 6.37 
NEWFX  0.66  0.11  0.12  0.20  0.61 
 1.34 
 6.37 
RLLGX  0.78  0.05  0.05  0.10  0.79 
 1.50 
 5.77 
SMCWX  0.78  0.05  0.06  0.10  0.78 
 1.49 
 5.95