American Balanced Downside Deviation

AMBFX Fund  USD 33.80  0.21  0.63%   
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American Balanced Fund has current Downside Deviation of 0.4357. Downside Deviation (or DD) is measured by target semi-deviation (the square root of target semi-variance) and is termed downside risk. It is expressed in percentages and therefore allows for rankings in the same way as standard deviation. An intuitive way to view the downside risk is the annualized standard deviation of returns below the target.

Downside Deviation

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SQRT(DV)

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0.4357
SQRT = Square root notation
DV =   Downside Variance of returns over selected period

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American Balanced Fund is rated below average in downside deviation among similar funds. It is currently under evaluation in maximum drawdown among similar funds reporting about  5.10  of Maximum Drawdown per Downside Deviation. The ratio of Maximum Drawdown to Downside Deviation for American Balanced Fund is roughly  5.10 
It is the square root of the probability-weighted squared below-target returns. The squaring of the below-target returns has the effect of penalizing failures at an exponential rate. This is consistent with observations made on the behavior of most private investors.
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