Capital Income Correlations

CIRFX Fund  USD 79.55  0.70  0.89%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital Income Builder and Blackrock Exchange Portfolio is 0.53 (i.e., Very 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 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.
  
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 price.

Moving together with Capital Mutual Fund

  0.97RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.94RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.9FPPPX American Funds PresePairCorr
  0.96AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.97RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.95FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.71TEFEX Tax Exempt FundPairCorr
  0.88RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.97RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.97AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.94RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.97RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97RNWAX New World FundPairCorr
  0.97RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.83CDWEX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.84CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.83CDWCX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.79CDWAX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr
  0.74ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.73ANBFX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.87CEAMX Short Term BondPairCorr
  0.8TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr

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.