William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Global and Neuberger Berman Income is 0.58 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of William Blair 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.

William Blair Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between William Blair Global and DJI is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Global and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.76WRCGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.84WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.75WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.74WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.78WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.78WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.9WBELX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.91WBEIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.96WBENX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.97WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.94WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.97WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.9WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.77WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.66WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.77WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.71WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.72WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.79WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.79WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.76WEDIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.67WEDRX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.63RSMVX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.84WELIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.9WELNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.92WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.92WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.84BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.88WXCIX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.88WXCRX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.91WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.84BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.89BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.91BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.76WICGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.94BIEMX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.86WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.98BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.85WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between William Mutual Fund performing well and William Blair 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 William Blair'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.