American Beacon Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Beacon Small and Virtus Seix Government is -0.05 (i.e., Good 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between American Beacon Small and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., 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

  0.62STMGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.62SFMIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  1.0AASRX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.69ABCAX American BeaconPairCorr
  0.69ABCVX American BeaconPairCorr
  0.69ABCYX American BeaconPairCorr
  0.69ABCRX American BeaconPairCorr
  0.71ABECX American BeaconPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.61SSIJX American Beacon SsiPairCorr
  0.57TFBAX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.57TFBRX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.55TFBCX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.49TFGYX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.48TFGPX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.48TFGIX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.48TFSAX American Beacon FundsPairCorr
  0.46TFGCX American Beacon FundsPairCorr
  0.33BRLVX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.48BWLCX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.33BWLYX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.32BWLIX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.32BWLAX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.55SHOAX American Beacon SimPairCorr
  0.48SHYPX American Beacon SimPairCorr

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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.