William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Emerging and Maryland Short Term Tax Free is -0.08 (i.e., Good 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between William Blair Emerging and DJI is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Emerging and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.71WRCGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.96WBELX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  1.0WBEIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  1.0WBENX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.66WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.65WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.66WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.96WELIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.96WELNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.7WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.7WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.7BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.82WXCIX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.81WXCRX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.65WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.64WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.65BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.71WICGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.62BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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