William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Growth and William Blair International is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of William Blair 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.

William Blair Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between William Blair Growth and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.96WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.96WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.92WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.96WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.96WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.88WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.88WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.88WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.8WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.8WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.95WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.95WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.81WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.82WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  1.0BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  1.0BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.82BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.37WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.36WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.36WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.49WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.49WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.49WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.46WISNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.45WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.45WISIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.36BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between William Mutual Fund performing well and William Blair 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 William Blair'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.