Amcap Fund Correlations

RAFFX Fund  USD 48.03  0.13  0.27%   
The current 90-days correlation between Amcap Fund Class and Amcap Fund Class is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Amcap Fund 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.

Amcap Fund Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Amcap Fund Class and DJI is 0.65 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Amcap Fund Class and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Amcap Fund Class. 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 Amcap Mutual Fund

  0.73RNEBX New World Fund Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.75AMEFX Income FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.84RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNGCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.85RNNEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.71RNPBX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7RNPAX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7RNPHX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.69RNPGX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7RNPCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.7RNPFX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.72RNPEX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.75AMRFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.78RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.73RNWEX New World FundPairCorr
  0.72RNWHX New World FundPairCorr
  0.72RNWGX New World FundPairCorr
  0.79RNWBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.74RNWAX New World Fund Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.73RNWCX New World FundPairCorr
  0.66CDWFX American Funds DevelopingPairCorr

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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SMCWXRLLGX
RRBGXAMPCX
RRBGXPRUFX
  

High negative correlations

TBCIXRRGSX
TBCIXTRSAX
TBCIXPRUFX
TBCIXRRBGX
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Amcap Mutual Fund performing well and Amcap Fund 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 Amcap Fund'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
AMCPX  0.77 (0.05) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 1.33 
 8.13 
AMPCX  0.79 (0.12) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.31 
 9.40 
PRUFX  0.99 (0.19) 0.00 (0.32) 0.00 
 1.76 
 14.35 
TRSAX  1.01 (0.20) 0.00 (0.36) 0.00 
 1.75 
 14.96 
RRBGX  0.90 (0.10) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 1.69 
 8.07 
RRGSX  1.02 (0.21) 0.00 (0.42) 0.00 
 1.75 
 15.76 
PABGX  0.96 (0.02)(0.01) 0.03  1.68 
 2.15 
 10.73 
TBCIX  0.86  0.04  0.04  0.09  1.22 
 2.15 
 7.21 
RLLGX  0.78 (0.05) 0.00 (0.41) 0.00 
 1.32 
 5.73 
SMCWX  0.78 (0.05) 0.00 (0.35) 0.00 
 1.32 
 5.56