American Beacon Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between American Beacon Stephens and Amer Beacon Ark is 0.76 (i.e., Poor 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 poor diversification

The correlation between American Beacon Stephens and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor 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

  0.86SSIJX American Beacon SsiPairCorr
  0.95BRLGX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.98BRLVX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.63TFBCX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.67TFBAX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.7TFBRX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.7TFBYX American Beacon TwenPairCorr
  0.94STMGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  1.0STSGX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  1.0STSIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  1.0STSRX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.96AABPX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.97AADEX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.91AADBX American Beacon BalancedPairCorr
  0.94SFMRX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.92AAGPX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.94SFMIX American Beacon StephensPairCorr
  0.97AALRX American Beacon LargePairCorr
  0.98BWLYX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.98BWLRX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.93BWLIX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.98BWLCX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.98BWLAX American Beacon BridgewayPairCorr
  0.98AASRX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.98AASSX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.92ABCAX American BeaconPairCorr

Moving against American Mutual Fund

  0.69GHQPX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.68GHQIX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.35TIVFX Tocqueville IntePairCorr
  0.68GHQRX American Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.68GHQYX Amer Beacon GarciaPairCorr
  0.66AAIPX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.66AAIEX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.66AAISX American Beacon IntePairCorr
  0.65AAERX American Beacon IntlPairCorr
  0.66ABEYX American Beacon IntePairCorr

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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.