American Beacon Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Beacon Small and The Equity Growth is -0.04 (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

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Beacon Small and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant 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

  0.86VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.86VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.82GAAVX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.87GABFX Gmo Asset AllocationPairCorr
  0.8GHVIX Gmo High YieldPairCorr
  0.82TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.89VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.68GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.63CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.95JNJ Johnson Johnson Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.91T ATT Inc Sell-off TrendPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.73GCAVX Gmo Small CapPairCorr
  0.58GMCQX Gmo Equity AllocationPairCorr
  0.57VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.57VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.57VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.57VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.57VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.54VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.54VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.54VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.88MSFT Microsoft Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.69HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.61AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.56DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.5MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr

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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.