Amcap Fund Correlations

CAFFX Fund  USD 46.30  0.11  0.24%   
The current 90-days correlation between Amcap Fund Class and Gmo High Yield is -0.03 (i.e., Good 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between Amcap Fund Class and DJI is 0.03 (i.e., Significant 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

  0.86AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.95AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.95AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.76FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.9AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.92ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.83NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.76CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.76CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.98WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.83FAHHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.89FAITX American Funds 2050PairCorr
  0.92FAIFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.89FAJTX American Funds 2055PairCorr
  0.83FAQTX American Funds 2035PairCorr
  0.89FATTX American Funds 2045PairCorr
  0.88FAUTX American Funds 2040PairCorr
  0.89FAWTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.89FAXTX American Funds 2065PairCorr
  0.94GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.77SCWFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.94CGFAX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.89FBKTX American Funds 2060PairCorr
  0.84FTAHX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.85CIMEX Income FundPairCorr
  0.92CIMFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.85CIMCX Income FundPairCorr
  0.95FFFMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.92FFIFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.95FFMMX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.97CLBEX American BalancedPairCorr

Moving against Amcap Mutual Fund

  0.7AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.71RGVAX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.7CGTCX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.7USGFX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.69RGVBX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.68RGVCX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.68RGVJX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.43FIBLX American Funds InflationPairCorr

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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.