Western Asset Correlations

LMLCX Fund  USD 8.80  0.04  0.46%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Smash and Clearbridge Aggressive Growth is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Smash and DJI is 0.45 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Smash 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 Smash. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.83SAGCX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr
  0.78LGASX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.79LGFEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.83SAPCX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.93LGOCX Legg Mason BwPairCorr
  0.63SSMMX Western Asset ManagedPairCorr
  0.97WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.84LGSCX Qs Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.95WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.97WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.96WABCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.96WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.95WABSX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.95WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.93SSTLX Western Asset ShortPairCorr
  0.89WAFCX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.9WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.89WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.89SBCLX Qs Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.91WAHSX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.93WAPCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.96WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.95WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.95WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.83SBICX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.98SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.97WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.95WATCX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.96WATRX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.89WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.8SBMLX Clearbridge Mid CapPairCorr
  0.86SBPLX Clearbridge DividendPairCorr
  0.97WAUCX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.97WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.83SBSDX Qs Sp 500PairCorr
  0.91WAYRX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.85SCBCX Qs Servative GrowthPairCorr
  0.83SCGCX 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  0.09  0.08  0.24  0.54 
 1.76 
 3.79 
LGOCX  0.33  0.04 (0.25)(0.54) 0.29 
 0.81 
 1.90 
SSMMX  0.17 (0.01)(0.48)(0.14) 0.22 
 0.42 
 1.19 
WAASX  0.16  0.02 (0.44) 1.05  0.00 
 0.33 
 0.88 
LGSCX  0.83  0.13  0.12  0.26  0.80 
 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