William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Mid and William Blair China is 0.02 (i.e., Significant 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between William Blair Mid and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Mid and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.97WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.97WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.93WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.93WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.95WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.89WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.89WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.93WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.88WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.88WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  1.0WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.74WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.72WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.95BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.95BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.74BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.34WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.34WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.34WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.91USPSX Profunds UltrashortPairCorr
  0.48WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.47WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.47WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.43WISNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.42WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.42WISIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.33BIGIX 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.
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