American Beacon Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Beacon Small and Morningstar Unconstrained Allocation is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of American Beacon 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.

American Beacon Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between American Beacon Small and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Beacon Small and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.86BRLVX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.81STSGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.81STSIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.81STSRX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.71AABPX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.78AADEX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.71AADBX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.72AAERX American Beacon IntlPairCorr
  0.78AAGPX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.71AAIPX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.72AAIEX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.72AAISX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.78AALRX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.86BWLYX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.86BWLRX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.8BWLIX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.86BWLCX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.86BWLAX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  1.0AASRX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  1.0AASSX American Beacon SmallPairCorr

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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   
LICYLIDR
ORLYCOKE
SCAXXMSTSX
SCAXXCOKE
KMXMSTSX
COKEMSTSX
  
High negative correlations   
LICYCOKE
COKELIDR
ORLYLIDR
ORLYLICY
LICYSCAXX
LICYMSTSX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between American Mutual Fund performing well and American Beacon 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 American Beacon'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
MSTSX  0.56  0.00 (0.02) 0.12  0.62 
 1.21 
 4.07 
LIDR  3.84 (1.09) 0.00 (0.37) 0.00 
 8.93 
 28.97 
MLGF  0.37  0.01 (0.14) 0.27  0.45 
 1.20 
 4.13 
COKE  1.45  0.34  0.15  1.41  1.42 
 3.45 
 13.02 
SCAXX  0.06  0.00  0.00  0.22  0.00 
 0.00 
 2.01 
FPCG  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
DALI  1.07 (0.11)(0.04) 0.04  1.56 
 2.24 
 7.30 
LICY  6.35 (0.98) 0.00 (0.19) 0.00 
 14.15 
 52.80 
KMX  1.69 (0.09) 0.01  0.07  1.99 
 3.61 
 11.16 
ORLY  0.87  0.05 (0.01) 0.26  1.28 
 2.03 
 6.79