William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Emerging and William Blair China is 0.32 (i.e., 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

Average diversification

The correlation between William Blair Emerging and DJI is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Emerging and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  1.0WEDIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.77WIISX 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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WBCRXWBCIX
WBENXWBEIX
WBGSXWSMNX
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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
WRCGX  0.97 (0.06) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 2.42 
 5.84 
WSMDX  1.05 (0.10) 0.00 (0.51) 0.00 
 1.45 
 14.52 
WSMRX  1.04 (0.11) 0.00 (0.79) 0.00 
 1.48 
 14.46 
WSMNX  1.07 (0.12) 0.00 (0.70) 0.00 
 1.45 
 15.53 
WBCIX  0.82  0.02 (0.03) 0.13  1.08 
 1.59 
 7.12 
WBCRX  0.83  0.02 (0.03) 0.13  1.09 
 1.59 
 7.16 
WBELX  0.55 (0.07) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 1.08 
 3.22 
WBEIX  0.63 (0.08) 0.00 (0.19) 0.00 
 1.17 
 4.00 
WBENX  0.63 (0.08) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 1.12 
 4.02 
WBGSX  1.30 (0.28) 0.00  1.09  0.00 
 1.78 
 28.56