Western Asset Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Short and Harding Loevner Global is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Western Asset 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.

Western Asset Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Short and DJI is -0.09 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Short 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 Western Asset Short. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

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  0.95TEDMX Templeton DevelopingPairCorr
  0.9TEDIX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.9TEDSX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.9TEDRX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.9TEFRX Templeton ForeignPairCorr
  0.9TEFTX Templeton ForeignPairCorr
  0.92TEGBX Templeton Global BondPairCorr
  0.94TEGRX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.91TEMFX Templeton ForeignPairCorr
  0.9TEMGX Templeton Global SmallerPairCorr
  0.9TEMEX Franklin Mutual BeaconPairCorr
  0.92TEMMX Templeton EmergingPairCorr
  0.89TEMIX Franklin Mutual EuropeanPairCorr
  0.95TEMWX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.93TEMTX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.93TEMQX Mutual QuestPairCorr
  0.91SAIFX Clearbridge Large CapPairCorr
  0.89SAGYX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr
  0.91TEMZX Templeton EmergingPairCorr
  0.98FQEMX Franklin Templeton SmacsPairCorr
  0.93TEQIX Franklin Mutual QuestPairCorr
  0.94TEPLX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.94TWDAX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.94TESIX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.9TESGX Templeton Global SmallerPairCorr
  0.93TESRX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.79LGGAX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.88TEURX Franklin Mutual EuropeanPairCorr
  0.84LGIEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.95TEWTX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.93SAPYX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.89SASMX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.84WAADX Western Asset SmashPairCorr
  0.9WAARX Western Asset TotalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Western Mutual Fund performing well and Western Asset 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 Western Asset'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.