Lazard Strategic Correlations

LZUOX Fund  USD 17.20  0.10  0.58%   
The current 90-days correlation between Lazard Strategic Equity and Balanced Fund Institutional is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Lazard Strategic 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.

Lazard Strategic Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Lazard Strategic Equity and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Lazard Strategic Equity 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 Lazard Strategic Equity. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Lazard Mutual Fund

  0.9LZCOX Lazard Small MidPairCorr
  0.82LZEMX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.78LZESX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.82LZHYX Lazard Corporate IncomePairCorr
  0.96LZHOX Lazard Corporate IncomePairCorr
  0.88LZOEX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74LZSMX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.75LISIX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.75LISOX Lazard InternationalPairCorr
  0.67UMNIX Lazard Short DurationPairCorr
  0.71UMNOX Lazard Short DurationPairCorr
  0.72ECEIX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74LCAOX Lazard Capital AllocatorPairCorr
  0.61LDMOX Lazard Developing MarketsPairCorr
  0.83RLCIX Lazard Corporate IncomePairCorr
  0.88RLEMX Lazard Emerging MarketsPairCorr

Moving against Lazard Mutual Fund

  0.47RCMPX Lazard InternationalPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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.

High positive correlations

ABLOXEXEYX
EXEYXFOBAX
LOMAXFOBAX
LZESXLZSMX
LEOOXLOMAX
ABLOXFOBAX
  

High negative correlations

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NEXTXEXEYX
NEXTXFOBAX
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Lazard Mutual Fund performing well and Lazard Strategic 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 Lazard Strategic'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
FOBAX  0.50  0.09  0.14  0.19  0.12 
 0.88 
 10.20 
EXEYX  0.87  0.23  0.21  0.42  0.56 
 1.42 
 13.51 
ABLOX  0.64  0.19  0.24  0.50  0.21 
 1.00 
 11.65 
RMVIX  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
LZSMX  0.98  0.09  0.02  0.62  1.16 
 1.98 
 5.27 
ABRTX  0.48 (0.02)(0.08) 0.04  0.66 
 0.99 
 3.81 
LOMAX  0.61  0.11  0.11  0.25  0.40 
 1.26 
 4.55 
LEOOX  0.10  0.03 (0.34) 2.03  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.53 
NEXTX  0.86 (0.09) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.64 
 4.28 
LZESX  0.53  0.01 (0.02) 0.09  0.60 
 1.05 
 2.68