American Beacon Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Beacon Stephens and American Beacon Stephens is 0.91 (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 Stephens and DJI is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Beacon Stephens and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Mutual Fund

  0.65BRLGX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.95STMGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.68STSIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.87STSRX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.65GHQIX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.66GHQPX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.65GHQRX American Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.65GHQYX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.87AABPX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.81AAERX American Beacon IntlPairCorr
  0.81SFMRX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.67SFMIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.81AAISX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.95AALRX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.88BWLYX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.88BWLRX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.87BWLCX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.88BWLAX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.92AASRX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.89ABCAX American BeaconPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.41SSIJX American Beacon SsiPairCorr
  0.33TFBYX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.31TFBAX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.31TFBRX American Beacon TwenPairCorr

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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.