Western Asset Correlations

HIO Fund  USD 3.95  0.03  0.77%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset High and Cornerstone Strategic Return is 0.32 (i.e., Weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Western Asset moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Western Asset High moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Western Asset Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Western Asset High and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset High and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Western Asset High. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

Moving together with Western Fund

  0.71ERH Allspring Utilities AndPairCorr
  0.7PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr
  0.85SCD Lmp Capital AndPairCorr
  0.8RIV Rivernorth OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.66DD Dupont De Nemours Fiscal Year End 4th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.63INTC Intel Fiscal Year End 23rd of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.66T ATT Inc Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.61AXP American Express Fiscal Year End 24th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.72IBM International Business Fiscal Year End 22nd of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.7GE GE Aerospace Fiscal Year End 28th of January 2025 PairCorr

Moving against Western Fund

  0.62BA Boeing Fiscal Year End 29th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.61VVR Invesco Senior IncomePairCorr
  0.33MRK Merck Company Fiscal Year End 6th of February 2025 PairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
CRFCLM
CRFPTY
GOFPTY
CLMPTY
UTGGOF
UTGPTY
  
High negative correlations   
OPPCLM
OXLCOPP
ECCCLM
OPPCRF
ECCUTG
ECCCRF

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Western Fund performing well and Western Asset 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
PDI  0.49  0.04 (0.04) 0.30  0.99 
 1.04 
 5.57 
PTY  0.17  0.07 (0.20) 2.71  0.00 
 0.50 
 1.26 
CLM  0.58  0.23  0.28  0.52  0.00 
 1.75 
 2.82 
CRF  0.62  0.22  0.22  0.53  0.06 
 1.81 
 3.89 
PDO  0.47  0.04 (0.09) 0.77  0.69 
 0.92 
 2.88 
GOF  0.39  0.07 (0.06) 0.62  0.40 
 0.98 
 1.94 
UTG  0.67  0.23  0.13  0.92  0.63 
 1.48 
 4.23 
OPP  0.48 (0.05) 0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 1.14 
 3.58 
OXLC  0.46  0.03 (0.11) 0.25  0.51 
 1.00 
 3.24 
ECC  0.49 (0.10) 0.00 (0.52) 0.00 
 1.16 
 3.16