Western Asset Correlations

LMBSX Fund  USD 8.24  0.05  0.61%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Mortgage and Clearbridge Aggressive Growth is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Western Asset 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 Asset Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Mortgage and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Mortgage 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 Western Asset Mortgage. 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 state.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.61LGFEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.82SSMMX Western Asset ManagedPairCorr
  0.69WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.73WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.8WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.79WABCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.88WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.8WABSX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.65WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.72WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.7WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.68SBCLX Qs Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.72WAPCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.8WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.74WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.72WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.74SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.71WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.76WATCX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.72WATRX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.69WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.81WAUCX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.71WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.62WAYRX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.75SCACX Western Asset CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.65SCBCX Qs Servative GrowthPairCorr

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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   
SAPCXSAGCX
WACSXWACIX
LGSCXLGASX
LGOCXLGFEX
LGOCXSAGCX
SAPCXLGASX
  
High negative correlations   
WAASXSAGCX
WAASXLGOCX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Western Mutual Fund performing well and Western Asset 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 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
SAGCX  1.61 (0.52) 0.00 (0.62) 0.00 
 1.56 
 40.19 
LGASX  0.84 (0.01)(0.04) 0.08  1.15 
 1.81 
 8.80 
LGFEX  0.62 (0.09) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 1.11 
 5.71 
SAPCX  0.71 (0.09) 0.00 (0.16) 0.00 
 0.99 
 11.29 
LGOCX  0.35 (0.08) 0.00 (0.44) 0.00 
 0.85 
 2.32 
SSMMX  0.20  0.00 (0.25)(0.03) 0.27 
 0.47 
 1.54 
WAASX  0.14  0.01 (0.34) 1.06  0.00 
 0.23 
 0.90 
LGSCX  0.97 (0.01)(0.06)(0.01) 1.49 
 1.83 
 10.60 
WACIX  0.25 (0.03) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 0.55 
 1.54 
WACSX  0.26 (0.02)(0.28)(0.08) 0.29 
 0.77 
 2.01