American Beacon Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Beacon Balanced and American Beacon International is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between American Beacon Balanced and DJI is 0.38 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Beacon Balanced and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with AMERICAN Mutual Fund

  0.77BRLGX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.98BRLVX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.76TIVFX Tocqueville InternationalPairCorr
  0.98AADEX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.99AADBX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.99AAGPX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.98AALRX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.98BWLYX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.98BWLRX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.98BWLIX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.97BWLCX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.98BWLAX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.92ABCAX American BeaconPairCorr

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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.
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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.