American Beacon Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Beacon Small and Legg Mason Western is 0.26 (i.e., Modest 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 weak diversification

The correlation between American Beacon Small and DJI is 0.55 (i.e., Very weak 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.65BRLGX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.93STMGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.92STSGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.64STSIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.77STSRX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.69GHQIX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.74AABPX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.67AAERX American Beacon IntlPairCorr
  0.67SFMIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.88AALRX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.75BWLRX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.75BWLAX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.78AASSX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.83ABCVX American BeaconPairCorr
  0.74ABCCX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.83ABECX American BeaconPairCorr
  0.92SHDCX American Beacon ShapiroPairCorr
  0.92SHDRX American Beacon ShapiroPairCorr
  0.76ACBYX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.69SHXIX American Beacon ShapiroPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.4AGEIX American Beacon GlobalPairCorr
  0.33AHLYX American Beacon AhlPairCorr

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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.