William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Small and William Blair Small Mid is 0.13 (i.e., Average 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between William Blair Small Mid and DJI is 0.03 (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.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.93WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.93WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.93WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.99WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.92WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.95WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.96WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.89WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.82WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.83WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.93WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.93WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.72WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.81WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.92BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.92BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.72BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.34WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.34WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.34WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.47WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.46WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.46WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.42WISNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.41WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.41WISIX 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.