Western Asset Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Interm and Siit High Yield 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Intermediate and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average 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 Your Current Watchlist 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

  0.68SSMMX Western Asset ManagedPairCorr
  0.73WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.68WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.71WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.9WABCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.81WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.99WABSX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.7WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.7SSTLX Western Asset ShortPairCorr
  0.61WAFCX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.73WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.71WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.73SBCLX Qs Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.66WAHSX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.78WAPCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.92WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.81WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.78WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.71SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.68WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.98WATCX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.62WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.68WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.66SCACX Western Asset CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.65SCBCX 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.