William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Small and William Blair International is 0.56 (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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between William Blair Small and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Small 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
  0.89WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.94WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.94WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.87WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  1.0WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.96WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.96WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.94WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.94WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.63WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.64WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.87BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.87BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.64BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.36WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.36WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.36WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.45WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.45WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.45WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.44WISNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.4WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.4WISIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.39BIGIX 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.