Capital Income Correlations

CIRCX Fund  USD 79.86  0.17  0.21%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital Income Builder and Icon Financial Fund is 0.18 (i.e., Average 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Capital Income Builder and DJI is 0.72 (i.e., 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.
  
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

  1.0CIBFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  1.0CAIBX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  1.0CIBCX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  1.0RIRAX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  1.0RIREX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  1.0RIRCX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  1.0RIRFX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  1.0CIREX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  1.0RIRBX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.71PDI Pimco Dynamic IncomePairCorr
  0.7BMBSX Baird Quality IntermPairCorr
  0.9GILCX Guggenheim Large CapPairCorr
  0.87PBLCX Blue Chip FundPairCorr
  0.96CFIPX Qs Global EquityPairCorr
  0.9GLRIX James Balanced GoldenPairCorr
  0.69GSSQX Goldman Sachs EquityPairCorr
  0.86BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.61XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr

Moving against Capital Mutual Fund

  0.89UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.46USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.44USPIX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.35MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr

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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MCBXXFAFCX
MCBXXPGFMX
MCBXXFIDAX
  

High negative correlations

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FIDAXPGFMX
ICFAXFIDAX
ICFAXMCBXX
MCBXXFIDAX
MCBXXPGFMX

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.