William Blair Correlations

WILNX Fund  USD 19.78  0.11  0.56%   
The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Intern and William Blair China is 0.31 (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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between William Blair International and DJI is 0.5 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair International and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.98WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.98WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.98WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.62WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.64WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.61BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.92WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.91BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  1.0WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  1.0WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.49WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.48WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.48WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.47WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.47WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.46WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.46WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.45WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.45WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.45WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.43WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.35WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.34WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.52LCGFX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.49LCGJX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.49LCGNX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.47BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.47BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.39ICSCX Icm Small PanyPairCorr

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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  1.36  0.11 (0.01)(5.93) 1.44 
 4.71 
 9.42 
WSMDX  0.75  0.01  0.02  0.13  0.86 
 1.59 
 5.10 
WSMRX  0.76  0.01  0.02  0.13  0.86 
 1.58 
 5.08 
WSMNX  0.76  0.10 (0.01) 2.68  0.89 
 1.56 
 5.06 
WBCIX  0.70  0.02  0.03  0.14  0.72 
 1.54 
 4.66 
WBCRX  0.71  0.12  0.00  3.52  0.77 
 1.48 
 4.71 
WBELX  0.60 (0.02)(0.14) 0.05  0.73 
 1.21 
 3.26 
WBEIX  0.58 (0.07) 0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 1.21 
 3.24 
WBENX  0.59 (0.08) 0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 1.24 
 3.40 
WBGSX  0.72 (0.01) 0.00  0.11  0.91 
 1.51 
 4.98