Western Asset Correlations

LMBSX Fund  USD 8.28  0.02  0.24%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Mortgage and Clearbridge Aggressive Growth is 0.12 (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

Average diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Mortgage and DJI is 0.19 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Mortgage and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Western Asset Mortgage. 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 state.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.69SAGCX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr
  0.67LGASX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.66LGFEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.71SAPCX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.91LGOCX Legg Mason BwPairCorr
  0.91WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.7LGSCX Qs Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.99WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WABCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.97WABSX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.85WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.89SSTLX Western Asset ShortPairCorr
  0.91WAFCX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.86WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.92WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.77SBCLX Qs Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.82WAHSX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.98WAPCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.98WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.69SBICX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.96SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.95WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.98WATCX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.86WATRX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.91WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.66SBMLX Clearbridge Mid CapPairCorr
  0.73SBPLX Clearbridge DividendPairCorr
  0.96WAUCX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.95WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.71SBSDX Qs Sp 500PairCorr
  0.82WAYRX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.72SCBCX Qs Servative GrowthPairCorr
  0.7SCGCX Qs Moderate GrowthPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
SAGCX  0.87  0.15  0.15  0.27  0.73 
 2.54 
 6.37 
LGASX  0.90  0.08  0.08  0.21  0.89 
 2.06 
 6.79 
LGFEX  0.55  0.11  0.04  0.42  0.49 
 1.21 
 3.22 
SAPCX  0.59  0.22  0.09 (3.40) 0.53 
 1.76 
 3.79 
LGOCX  0.33  0.04 (0.25)(0.54) 0.29 
 0.81 
 1.90 
SSMMX  0.18  0.01 (0.42)(0.19) 0.17 
 0.49 
 1.62 
WAASX  0.17  0.04 (0.40) 4.85  0.00 
 0.44 
 1.22 
LGSCX  0.82  0.31  0.14 (1.70) 0.77 
 2.47 
 5.59 
WACIX  0.28  0.01 (0.31) 0.22  0.28 
 0.55 
 1.33 
WACSX  0.27  0.01 (0.30) 0.27  0.25 
 0.48 
 1.26