Western Asset Correlations

DMO Fund  USD 11.87  0.05  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Mortgage and Western Asset High is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Western Asset moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Western Asset Mortgage moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Western Asset Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Mortgage and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Mortgage and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Western Asset Mortgage. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in population.

Moving together with Western Fund

  0.76IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.91OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.84OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.65CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.82DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.7IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.9OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.89DPZRX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.81DTINX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.75DULTX Delaware InvestmentsPairCorr
  0.65DUSIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr

Moving against Western Fund

  0.66OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.66OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.55OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.51OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.5OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.59DCZRX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.56FIVUX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.56FIZRX Delaware OpportunityPairCorr
  0.55WLGAX Ivy Large CapPairCorr
  0.55DCCIX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.54OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.54OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.53WMGAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr
  0.39WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.34IGNAX Ivy Natural ResourcesPairCorr

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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 Western Fund performing well and Western Asset 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
HYI  0.37  0.02  0.12  0.80  0.41 
 0.68 
 1.61 
MAV  0.47  0.03  0.11  0.66  0.51 
 0.95 
 2.71 
AFT  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
FAM  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
DSL  0.29  0.04  0.18  0.27  0.26 
 0.65 
 1.47 
DLY  0.30  0.04  0.11  0.46  0.46 
 0.64 
 2.36 
MSD  0.64  0.17  0.34  14.17  0.32 
 1.61 
 5.48 
BGX  0.42 (0.04) 0.00 (0.55) 0.00 
 0.96 
 3.81 
VGI  0.35  0.06  0.18 (1.06) 0.38 
 0.78 
 2.20 
BWG  0.48  0.08  0.16  0.97  0.52 
 0.99 
 3.38