Capital Income Correlations

CIBCX Fund  USD 78.30  0.44  0.57%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital Income Builder and John Hancock Financial is 0.37 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Capital Income 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.

Capital Income Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Capital Income Builder and DJI is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Capital Income Builder 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 Capital Income Builder. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Capital Mutual Fund

  0.94AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.96AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.96AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  0.93AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.93AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.74TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.75TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.77TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.81ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.95ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.96NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.96ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.86BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.96BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.96CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.96CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.96CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.82WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.99WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.9FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.85FAETX American Funds 2030PairCorr

Moving against Capital Mutual Fund

  0.65AMRMX 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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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Capital Mutual Fund performing well and Capital Income 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 Capital Income'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.