Capital World Correlations

CWGFX Fund  USD 68.00  0.23  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital World Growth and Income Fund Of is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Capital World 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 World Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Capital World Growth and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Capital World Growth 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 World Growth. 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 census.

Moving together with Capital Mutual Fund

  0.93AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.83RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.89AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.93AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.87RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.9FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.88RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.95CDJAX American Funds CollegePairCorr
  0.85AMPCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.85AMPFX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.99RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.98RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.99RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.89AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.89AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86RNRPX American Funds RetirementPairCorr
  0.84RNWFX New World FundPairCorr

Moving against Capital Mutual Fund

  0.36AMUSX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.31ANBEX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.31ANBGX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.31ANBAX American Funds StrategicPairCorr
  0.31ANBCX American Funds StrategicPairCorr

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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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AMFFXAMFCX
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AMFCXAMECX
  
High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Capital Mutual Fund performing well and Capital World 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 World'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
AMECX  0.32 (0.01)(0.18) 0.10  0.30 
 0.70 
 2.01 
RNEBX  0.56 (0.07) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 1.27 
 3.78 
AMFCX  0.46 (0.02)(0.12) 0.09  0.42 
 0.90 
 2.68 
AMFFX  0.46 (0.02)(0.11) 0.09  0.42 
 0.91 
 2.68 
RNCCX  0.25 (0.02)(0.31) 0.05  0.26 
 0.52 
 1.42 
FPPPX  0.11 (0.01) 0.00  0.43  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.84 
AMEFX  0.33 (0.01)(0.18) 0.10  0.32 
 0.70 
 2.01 
RNGGX  0.67 (0.04)(0.04) 0.08  0.96 
 1.46 
 4.07 
RNGFX  0.67 (0.04)(0.04) 0.08  0.97 
 1.47 
 4.06 
RNGHX  0.67 (0.04)(0.04) 0.08  0.96 
 1.47 
 4.07