William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Small and William Blair Small Mid is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between William Blair Small Mid and DJI is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Small Mid and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in William Blair Small Mid. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  1.0WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.91WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.98WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.94WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.94WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.91BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.62WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.62WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.94ICSCX Icm Small PanyPairCorr
  0.95LCGNX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.9PAMCX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9RRMGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.91TRQZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.91RPMGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9PRJIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.77PRNHX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.9TRUZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.87PCBIX Midcap Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.87PEMGX Midcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.89PMBCX Midcap Fund ClassPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.41WSHNX Short Duration IncomePairCorr

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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.