American Beacon Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Beacon Small and Virtus Real Estate is 0.14 (i.e., Average 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 0.75 (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

  0.63STMGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.61AADEX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.63SFMIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.61AALRX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  1.0AASRX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.69ABCVX American BeaconPairCorr
  0.69ABCYX American BeaconPairCorr
  0.69ABCRX American BeaconPairCorr
  0.69ABECX American BeaconPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.52SSIJX American Beacon SsiPairCorr
  0.44TFBAX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.44TFBRX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.43TFBCX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.38TFSAX American Beacon FundsPairCorr
  0.36TFGPX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.36TFGIX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.35TFGYX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.34TFGCX American Beacon FundsPairCorr
  0.38BWLCX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.38BWLAX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.39SHOAX American Beacon SimPairCorr
  0.32SHYPX 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.