William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Small and Franklin Lifesmart Retirement is 0.73 (i.e., Poor 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

  0.97WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.97WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.91WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.95WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.95WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.88WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  1.0WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  1.0WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.96WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.97WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.95WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.95WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.63WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.63WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.88BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.88BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.63BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.4WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.39WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.39WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.49WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.48WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.48WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.43WISNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.42WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.42WISIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.39BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr

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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.