Western Asset Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Total and Valic Company I is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Western Asset 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.

Western Asset Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Total and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Total and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Western Asset Total. 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 Western Mutual Fund

  0.78SSMMX Western Asset ManagedPairCorr
  0.98WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.88WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.89WABCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.88WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.86WABSX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.78WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.69SSTLX Western Asset ShortPairCorr
  0.7WAFCX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.79WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.76WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.74SBCLX Qs Defensive GrowthPairCorr
  0.89WAPCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.89WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.9WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.9WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.61SBICX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.84SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.86WATCX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.87WATRX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.8WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.96WAUCX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.98WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.65SBSDX Qs Sp 500PairCorr
  0.8SBYLX Western Asset NewPairCorr
  0.79SCACX Western Asset CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.68SCBCX Qs Servative GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Western Mutual Fund

  0.35SBMLX Clearbridge Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Western Mutual Fund performing well and Western Asset 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 Western Asset'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.