Western Asset Correlations

WATPX Fund  USD 9.29  0.02  0.21%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Inflation and Ishares Aggregate Bond is 0.73 (i.e., Poor 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

Modest diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Inflation and DJI is 0.24 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Inflation 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 Inflation. 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 inflation.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.69WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.69WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr

Moving against Western Mutual Fund

  0.38LGASX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.37SAPCX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.36SAGCX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr
  0.31LGFEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.5LMASX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.44SCSMX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.4SBMLX Clearbridge Mid CapPairCorr
  0.37ARMLX Western Asset AdjustablePairCorr
  0.36LIESX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.34ARMGX Western Asset AdjustablePairCorr
  0.33LMARX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.32LISGX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.32LMBCX Qs Small Capitalization Potential GrowthPairCorr

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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.