Loomis Sayles Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Loomis Sayles Small and Iaadx is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Loomis Sayles 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.

Loomis Sayles Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Loomis Sayles Small and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Loomis Sayles Small and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Loomis Sayles Small. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Loomis Mutual Fund

  0.87LSMIX Loomis Sayles SmallmidPairCorr
  0.87LSMNX Loomis Sayles SmallmidPairCorr
  1.0LSSNX Loomis Sayles SmallPairCorr
  1.0LCGRX Loomis Sayles SmallPairCorr
  0.8VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.8VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.8VISGX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.91VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.91VEXRX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.76JGMIX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.76JGMRX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.75JGMAX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.77JGMCX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.75JGMNX Janus TritonPairCorr
  0.64VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.64VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.64VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.64VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.64VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Loomis Mutual Fund performing well and Loomis Sayles 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 Loomis Sayles' 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.