Western Asset Correlations

LMECX Fund  USD 5.86  0.02  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Smash and The Gamco Global is 0.22 (i.e., Modest 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 Smash 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 Smash 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 Smash. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.72LGFEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.91WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.77WABSX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.85WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.87SSTLX Western Asset ShortPairCorr
  0.72WAFCX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.75WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.71WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.72SBCLX Qs Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.9WAHSX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.85SBICX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.91WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.69WATCX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.71WATRX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.74WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.9WAUCX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.89WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.66SBSDX Qs Sp 500PairCorr
  0.91WAYRX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.7SCBCX Qs Servative GrowthPairCorr

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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.