American Financial Correlations

AFG Stock  USD 124.96  0.02  0.02%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Financial and Selective Insurance Group is 0.45 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of American Financial 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.

American Financial Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Financial Group and DJI is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Financial Group and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving against American Stock

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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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ALLARGO-PA
ARGO-PAHMN
CBHMN
ALLHMN
  
High negative correlations   
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HMNSIGI
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ARGO-PASIGI

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between American Stock performing well and American Financial Company 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 American Financial'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
SIGI  1.54  0.01  0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 2.75 
 15.02 
HMN  1.30  0.16  0.11  0.20  1.74 
 2.19 
 9.56 
KMPR  1.57 (0.03) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 2.92 
 14.62 
PRA  2.24  0.80  0.42  2.43  1.28 
 2.91 
 48.65 
CNA  1.21  0.12  0.08  0.06  1.86 
 2.18 
 10.45 
RLI  1.23 (0.01) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 1.90 
 9.92 
GBLI  1.71 (0.21) 0.00 (0.75) 0.00 
 4.00 
 13.26 
ARGO-PA  0.13  0.00  0.55 (0.04) 0.14 
 0.24 
 0.84 
CB  1.16  0.15  0.11  0.17  1.64 
 2.32 
 10.87 
ALL  1.50  0.15  0.07  0.07  2.34 
 3.10 
 12.96