Western Asset Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Interm and Bbh Intermediate Municipal is 0.78 (i.e., Poor 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Intermediate and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Intermediate and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Western Asset Intermediate. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.61LGASX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.75LGFEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.61SAPCX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.74LGOCX Legg Mason BwPairCorr
  0.98SSMMX Western Asset ManagedPairCorr
  0.81WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.72LGSCX Qs Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.74WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.68WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.63WABCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.84WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.63SSTLX Western Asset ShortPairCorr
  0.86WAHSX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.67WAPCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.68WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.73WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.65WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.84SBICX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.69SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.82WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.62SBMLX Clearbridge Mid CapPairCorr
  0.74SBPLX Clearbridge DividendPairCorr
  0.83WAUCX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.83WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.87WAYRX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.92SBYLX Western Asset NewPairCorr
  0.92SCACX Western Asset CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.86SCBCX Qs Servative GrowthPairCorr
  0.86SCGCX Qs Moderate 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.