Capital Income Correlations

RIRBX Fund  USD 71.13  0.40  0.57%   
The current 90-days correlation between Capital Income Builder and Icon Information Technology is 0.38 (i.e., 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

Modest diversification

The correlation between Capital Income Builder and DJI is 0.27 (i.e., Modest 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 Your Equity Center 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Capital Mutual Fund

  0.94AMECX Income FundPairCorr
  0.93RNEBX New World FundPairCorr
  0.95AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.95AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.9RNCCX American Funds IncomePairCorr
  0.9RNGGX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGHX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGBX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGAX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.92RNGEX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.94AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.93RNWFX New World FundPairCorr
  0.91ANCFX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.92ANFCX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.88ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.91BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.95CWGIX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.93WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.95CWICX Capital World GrowthPairCorr
  0.93CWMAX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.73GVTFX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.92WBFFX Capital World BondPairCorr
  0.83FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.85FAX Aberdeen Asia PacificPairCorr
  1.0CFIHX Capital Income BuilderPairCorr
  0.87TYIFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.77GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.84SCWFX Smallcap WorldPairCorr
  0.83CGFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.69CGPEX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.75CGTFX Us Government SecuritiesPairCorr

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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.
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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.