Western Assets Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Western Assets Emerging and Clarion Partners Real is -0.27 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Western Assets 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 Assets Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Western Assets Emerging and DJI is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Assets Emerging 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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  0.66VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.83VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.83VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
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  0.61NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
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Moving against Western Mutual Fund

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Western Mutual Fund performing well and Western Assets 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 Assets' 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.