William Blair Correlations

WISNX Fund  USD 12.21  0.14  1.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Intern and William Blair China is 0.27 (i.e., Modest 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between William Blair International and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., 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

  0.94WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.94WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.94WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.63WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.67WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.62BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  1.0WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.87BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.92WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.92WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.43WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.43WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.43WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.42WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.42WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.41WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.41WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.4WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.4WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.4WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.38WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.34WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.34WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.51LCGFX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.48LCGJX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.48LCGNX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.44BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.44BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.36ICSCX 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