Western Asset Correlations

WACIX Fund  USD 9.17  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset E and Gmo High Yield is 0.28 (i.e., Modest 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 E and DJI is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset E and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Western Asset E. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.68SSMMX Western Asset ManagedPairCorr
  0.63WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.98WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WABCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.87WAFCX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.87WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.87WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.99WAPCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.82SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.66WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.87WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.72WAUCX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.68WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.65SBYLX Western Asset NewPairCorr
  0.64SCACX Western Asset CaliforniaPairCorr

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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.