William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Intern and Seafarer Overseas Growth is 0.73 (i.e., Poor 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between William Blair International and DJI is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair International and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.88WBELX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.87WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.94WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.88WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.62WEDIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.63WEDRX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.8WELIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.8WELNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.95WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.98WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.97WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.53WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.51WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.51BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr

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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.