Western Asset Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Short and Needham Aggressive Growth is 0.04 (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 Short Term 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 Short Term 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 Short Term. 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 estimate.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.72SSMMX Western Asset ManagedPairCorr
  0.62WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.63WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.85WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.82SSTLX Western Asset ShortPairCorr
  0.7WAFCX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.72WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.71WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.62WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.62WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.69WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.66WATRX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.65SBYLX Western Asset NewPairCorr
  0.65LMBSX Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.62LMLCX Western Asset SmashPairCorr

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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.