Capital Income Correlations

CIBFX Fund  USD 79.38  0.21  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital Income Builder and Europacific Growth Fund is 0.94 (i.e., Almost no 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 poor diversification

The correlation between Capital Income Builder and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor 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.
  
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Moving together with Capital Mutual Fund

  0.97AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.97AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.97AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94CUSEX Capital Group EquityPairCorr
  0.82AMHIX American High IncomePairCorr
  0.76TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.67TECCX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.72TECFX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.93AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.93AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.91TEPCX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.94TEPAX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.94TEPFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.9EMGEX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.75ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.75ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.61ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.89ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.97ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97ANEFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97ANFFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9EMRGX Emerging Markets GrowthPairCorr
  0.98NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98NPFFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72CWBFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.65CWBCX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.92PGGAX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.89PGGFX American Funds GlobalPairCorr
  0.98ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.92BALFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.97BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.98CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.98CWGFX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.97CWGCX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.88WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.99WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.94FAATX American Funds 2010PairCorr
  0.92FAETX American Funds 2030PairCorr

Moving against Capital Mutual Fund

  0.63AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
CIRAX  0.38  0.04  0.06  0.12  0.36 
 0.75 
 2.29 
CAIBX  0.45  0.12  0.21  0.27  0.19 
 0.80 
 6.50 
RIRGX  0.44  0.11  0.19  0.27  0.23 
 0.82 
 5.82 
AMECX  0.45  0.15  0.31  0.37  0.00 
 0.79 
 7.40 
IFAFX  0.35  0.05  0.08  0.15  0.26 
 0.75 
 1.66 
RIDGX  0.45  0.16  0.31  0.39  0.00 
 0.79 
 7.35 
SWPPX  0.56 (0.02)(0.02) 0.01  0.88 
 1.15 
 3.73 
RWICX  0.72  0.22  0.22  0.41  0.47 
 1.26 
 10.98 
AEPGX  0.75  0.20  0.24  0.30  0.44 
 1.70 
 11.31 
RERHX  0.75  0.20  0.24  0.31  0.42 
 1.71 
 11.37