Westwood Alternative Correlations

WWACX Fund  USD 9.74  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Westwood Alternative and Westwood Short Duration is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Westwood Alternative 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.

Westwood Alternative Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Westwood Alternative Income and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Westwood Alternative Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Westwood Mutual Fund

  0.99WMNUX Westwood Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.99WMNAX Westwood AlternativePairCorr
  0.99WMNIX Westwood Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.92CVSOX Calamos Market NeutralPairCorr

Moving against Westwood Mutual Fund

  0.34WWLCX Westwood Quality ValuePairCorr
  0.32WWLAX Westwood Largecap ValuePairCorr
  0.32WHGLX Westwood Largecap ValuePairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Westwood Mutual Fund performing well and Westwood Alternative 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 Westwood Alternative'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
WSDAX  0.24  0.01 (0.17) 0.51  0.27 
 0.50 
 1.59 
WWACX  0.06  0.01 (0.41) 0.94  0.00 
 0.10 
 0.41 
WWHCX  0.24  0.02 (0.13) 0.20  0.20 
 0.50 
 1.59 
WWICX  0.32  0.01 (0.12) 0.23  0.42 
 0.76 
 2.74 
WWIAX  0.31  0.01 (0.11) 0.31  0.41 
 0.76 
 2.65 
WWLCX  0.67 (0.09) 0.00 (0.59) 0.00 
 1.10 
 9.11 
WWLAX  0.67 (0.08) 0.00 (0.66) 0.00 
 1.19 
 8.84 
WWMCX  0.66 (0.09) 0.00 (0.39) 0.00 
 1.08 
 7.28 
WWSMX  0.76  0.03 (0.04) 0.28  0.91 
 1.57 
 8.46 
WWSYX  0.94 (0.07) 0.00 (0.26) 0.00 
 1.61 
 12.38