William Blair Correlations

LCGJX Fund  USD 31.49  0.05  0.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Large and William Blair China is 0.16 (i.e., Average 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between William Blair Large and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Large and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in William Blair Large. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in inflation.

Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.65WRCGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.92WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.92WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.89WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.92WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.88WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.99WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.77WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.77WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.7WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.7WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.91WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.91WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.82WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.76WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.99BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.99BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.82BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.67WICGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.35WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.35WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.34WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.49WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.49WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.49WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.48WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.48WISIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.36BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr

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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   
WSMRXWSMDX
WBENXWBEIX
WBCIXWSMDX
WBCIXWSMRX
WBCRXWSMNX
WBEIXWBELX
  
High negative correlations   
WBIIXWBCRX
WBIIXWSMNX
WBIIXWBCIX
WBIIXWSMRX
WBIIXWSMDX
WBIIXWRCGX

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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
WRCGX  1.36  0.11 (0.01)(5.93) 1.44 
 4.71 
 9.42 
WSMDX  0.75  0.01  0.02  0.13  0.86 
 1.59 
 5.10 
WSMRX  0.76  0.01  0.02  0.13  0.86 
 1.58 
 5.08 
WSMNX  0.76  0.10 (0.01) 2.68  0.89 
 1.56 
 5.06 
WBCIX  0.70  0.02  0.03  0.14  0.72 
 1.54 
 4.66 
WBCRX  0.71  0.12  0.00  3.52  0.77 
 1.48 
 4.71 
WBELX  0.60 (0.02)(0.14) 0.05  0.73 
 1.21 
 3.26 
WBEIX  0.58 (0.07) 0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 1.21 
 3.24 
WBENX  0.59 (0.08) 0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 1.24 
 3.40 
WBIIX  0.57 (0.13) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 1.05 
 3.57