American Beacon Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Beacon Small and American Beacon International is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak 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

Modest diversification

The correlation between American Beacon Small and DJI is 0.26 (i.e., Modest 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.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Beacon Small. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with AMERICAN Mutual Fund

  0.94BRLGX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.96BRLVX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.86STMGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.98STSGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.95STSIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.91STSRX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.77TIVFX Tocqueville IntePairCorr
  0.73GHQIX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.71GHQPX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.7GHQRX American Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.74GHQYX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.94AABPX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.95AADEX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.91AADBX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.79AAERX American Beacon IntlPairCorr
  0.81SFMRX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.94AAGPX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.75AAIPX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.79AAIEX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.81SFMIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.76AAISX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.95AALRX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.9BWLYX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.93BWLRX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.93BWLIX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.9BWLCX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.95BWLAX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.9AASRX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.96AASSX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.86ABCAX American BeaconPairCorr

Moving against AMERICAN Mutual Fund

  0.31SSIJX American Beacon SsiPairCorr

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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.