Western Asset Correlations

WACPX Fund  USD 9.17  0.02  0.22%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset E and Teachers Insurance And is -0.13 (i.e., Good 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between Western Asset E and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant 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.
  
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Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

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  0.61TEMEX Franklin Mutual BeaconPairCorr
  0.61TEMIX Franklin Mutual EuropeanPairCorr
  0.68TEMTX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.65TEMQX Mutual QuestPairCorr
  0.64SAIFX Clearbridge Large CapPairCorr
  0.73FQEMX Franklin Templeton SmacsPairCorr
  0.64TEPLX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.67TWDAX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.69TESIX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.69TESRX Franklin Mutual SharesPairCorr
  0.67TEWTX Templeton WorldPairCorr
  0.63SAPYX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.94WAARX 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.