Western Asset Correlations

EMD Fund  USD 9.85  0.04  0.40%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Emerging and Doubleline Yield Opportunities is 0.4 (i.e., Very weak 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.

Western Asset Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Emerging and DJI is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Emerging 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 Emerging. 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

  0.76DNP Dnp Select IncomePairCorr
  0.8GAB Gabelli Equity TrustPairCorr
  0.61GUT Gabelli Utility ClosedPairCorr
  0.75RIV Rivernorth OpportunitiesPairCorr
  0.9FOKPX Oklahoma College SavingsPairCorr
  0.81GSCJX Goldman Sachs IncomePairCorr
  0.7PTRGX Putman Absolute ReturnPairCorr
  0.78ENHNX Cullen Enhanced EquityPairCorr
  0.84LICVX Lord Abbett IntlPairCorr
  0.83IUCEX Jpmorgan InternationalPairCorr
  0.84CBNAX American Funds EmergingPairCorr
  0.7TRLDX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.8JEMCX Jpmorgan Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.84WEDRX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.73PLEDX Pacific Funds EsgPairCorr
  0.72MGBKX Mfs Global BondPairCorr
  0.82TYEFX American Funds TaxPairCorr
  0.76GSFUX Goldman Sachs BondPairCorr
  0.84INDFX Invesco InternationalPairCorr
  0.88MHEIX Mh Elite IncomePairCorr
  0.89JLBHX Retirement Living ThroughPairCorr
  0.83RTNSX Tax-managed InternationalPairCorr
  0.81TARBX Touchstone ArbitragePairCorr
  0.7JEEIX John Hancock EnduringPairCorr
  0.83PFJAX Putnam High YieldPairCorr
  0.74RYGBX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.81NVG Nuveen Amt FreePairCorr
  0.65QREARX Teachers Insurance AndPairCorr
  0.69FIKPX Fidelity GovernmentPairCorr

Moving against Western Fund

  0.65MBLCX Madison DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.67MKTBX Mainstay Tax FreePairCorr

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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
DLY  0.36  0.02  0.10  0.03  0.61 
 0.65 
 2.36 
HFRO  0.99 (0.05) 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 
 1.89 
 8.13 
DBL  0.29  0.03  0.22  0.16  0.30 
 0.64 
 1.75 
AWF  0.38  0.03  0.12  0.04  0.58 
 0.64 
 2.33 
DSL  0.35  0.02  0.16  0.08  0.41 
 0.82 
 2.21 
HYT  0.40 (0.01) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 0.93 
 2.20 
FFC  0.42  0.07  0.24  0.20  0.38 
 1.08 
 2.36 
ERC  0.41  0.05  0.17  0.25  0.50 
 0.89 
 3.70 
EOD  0.70  0.09  0.11  0.12  0.92 
 1.62 
 5.21 
DHF  0.47  0.00  0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 0.80 
 2.74