Capital Income Correlations

CIRCX Fund  USD 77.61  0.39  0.51%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital Income Builder and American Funds 2015 is 0.2 (i.e., Modest 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 0.48 (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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Capital Mutual Fund

  0.94RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.92AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.93RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.93RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.71RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.95RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.95RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.94AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.74CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr

Moving against Capital Mutual Fund

  0.35CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.64CENFX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.63CENEX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.63CENAX American Funds LegePairCorr
  0.59CENCX American Funds LegePairCorr

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.