Wasatch Longshort Correlations

WALSX Fund  USD 12.51  0.28  2.29%   
The current 90-days correlation between Wasatch Longshort Alpha and Gabelli Gold Fund is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Wasatch Longshort 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.

Wasatch Longshort Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Wasatch Longshort Alpha and DJI is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Wasatch Longshort Alpha and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.66WAAEX Wasatch Small CapPairCorr
  0.76WAGSX Wasatch Global SelectPairCorr
  0.85WAGOX Wasatch Global OpporPairCorr
  0.8WAIOX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.68WAISX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.74WAIGX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.68WGISX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.76WGGSX Wasatch Global SelectPairCorr
  0.93WGLSX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.75WGROX Wasatch E GrowthPairCorr
  0.66WIAEX Wasatch Small CapPairCorr
  0.63WICVX Wasatch Small CapPairCorr
  0.74WIIGX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.8WIIOX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.75WIGRX Wasatch E GrowthPairCorr
  0.85WIGOX Wasatch Global OpporPairCorr
  0.65WMCVX Wasatch Small CapPairCorr

Moving against Wasatch Mutual Fund

  0.59WAIVX Wasatch InternationalPairCorr
  0.46WHOSX Wasatch HoisingtonPairCorr
  0.81NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.73WILCX Wasatch Large CapPairCorr
  0.73XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr
  0.7FMIEX Wasatch Large CapPairCorr
  0.69XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.68QLERX Aqr Long ShortPairCorr
  0.68DIAYX Diamond Hill LongPairCorr
  0.66DHLSX Diamond Hill LongPairCorr
  0.66DIAMX Diamond Hill LongPairCorr
  0.56ASLAX Ab Select LongshortPairCorr
  0.35NLSIX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr
  0.31NLSAX Neuberger Berman LongPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Wasatch Mutual Fund performing well and Wasatch Longshort 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 Wasatch Longshort'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.