William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Growth and Artisan Small Cap is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of William Blair 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.

William Blair Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between William Blair Growth and DJI is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in William Blair Growth. 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 William Mutual Fund

  0.95WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.95WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.96WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.72WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.72WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.64WBEIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.64WBENX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.99WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.96WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.93WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.93WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.89WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.89WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.65WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.65WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.65BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.77WXCRX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.9WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.9WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  1.0BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.9BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.64BIEMX William Blair EmergingPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.57WRCGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.47WEDRX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.46WEDIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.56WICGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between William Mutual Fund performing well and William Blair 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 William Blair'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.