Western Asset Correlations

WAFCX Fund  USD 9.14  0.01  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Inflation and Western Asset E is 0.66 (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

Average diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Inflation and DJI is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Inflation and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.62WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.62WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.7WABCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.71WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.95WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.97WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.68WAPCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.67WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.62WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.67WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.62SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.65WATCX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.61WATRX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.95WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr

Moving against Western Mutual Fund

  0.31SAGCX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
SAGCX  1.15  0.10  0.10  0.12  1.03 
 1.64 
 21.32 
LGASX  0.98  0.16  0.17  0.18  0.75 
 2.40 
 9.52 
LGFEX  0.74  0.22  0.25  0.41  0.45 
 1.68 
 8.57 
SAPCX  0.78  0.19  0.28  0.23  0.29 
 0.95 
 19.33 
LGOCX  0.26  0.03 (0.05) 0.27  0.17 
 0.57 
 1.61 
SSMMX  0.08  0.01 (0.31) 1.73  0.00 
 0.20 
 0.74 
WAASX  0.08  0.01 (0.31) 0.53  0.00 
 0.22 
 0.44 
LGSCX  0.96  0.13  0.12  0.19  0.91 
 2.14 
 8.16 
WACIX  0.16  0.02 (0.19) 0.42  0.00 
 0.32 
 0.75 
WACSX  0.15  0.02 (0.20) 0.39  0.00 
 0.28 
 0.75