William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Global and Vanguard Reit Index is 0.29 (i.e., Modest 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

Good diversification

The correlation between William Blair Global and DJI is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Global and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with WILLIAM Mutual Fund

  0.73WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.73WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.75WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.95WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.63WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.61WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.74WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.69WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.69WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.62WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.62WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  1.0WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.9BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.9BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.61BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.62ICSCX Icm Small PanyPairCorr
  0.63LCGFX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.65LCGNX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.64FNFPX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.64FFPNX American Funds NewPairCorr
  0.67NPFCX New PerspectivePairCorr
  0.65ANWPX New PerspectivePairCorr

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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.