Western Asset Correlations

WAFRX Fund  USD 9.24  0.02  0.22%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Inflation and Nt International Small Mid 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

Very good diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Inflation and DJI is -0.34 (i.e., Very good 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

  0.61VIPIX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.98VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.97VIPSX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.96BFICX American Funds InflationPairCorr
  0.95BFIAX American Funds InflationPairCorr
  0.96BFIFX American Funds InflationPairCorr
  0.92FIBLX American Funds InflationPairCorr
  0.95FSPWX Fidelity Sai InflationPairCorr
  0.96FSTDX Fidelity Series 5PairCorr

Moving against Western Mutual Fund

  0.42DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.39CAT Caterpillar Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.34BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.33JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.32AXP American Express Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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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.