Western Asset Correlations

HIO Fund  USD 4.07  0.02  0.49%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset High and Western Asset Global is -0.07 (i.e., Good 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 High moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Western Asset Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Western Asset High and DJI is 0.42 (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 High and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Western Asset High. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

Moving together with Western Fund

  0.62NEA Nuveen Amt FreePairCorr
  0.81DNP Dnp Select IncomePairCorr
  0.66NVG Nuveen Amt FreePairCorr
  0.79UTF Cohen And SteersPairCorr
  0.61NAC Nuveen CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.7DBIWX Dws Global MacroPairCorr
  0.83USGDX Morgan Stanley GovernmentPairCorr
  0.91ABNOX Ab Bond InflationPairCorr
  0.62HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.73SGDLX Sprott Gold EquityPairCorr
  0.78HTD John Hancock TaxPairCorr
  0.63GIOIX Guggenheim Macro OppPairCorr

Moving against Western Fund

  0.49CSQ Calamos Strategic TotalPairCorr

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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   
EEAGDO
HYIHIX
EADHYI
EADWDI
WDIEHI
WDIHYI
  
High negative correlations   
DHFGDO
DHFEEA
EADHTY
DHFHTY
WDIHTY
DSUHTY

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
GDO  0.40  0.10  0.42  2.26  0.02 
 1.05 
 2.57 
EHI  0.45  0.07  0.21  0.18  0.42 
 0.91 
 3.66 
EEA  0.67  0.17  0.22  2.96  0.81 
 1.47 
 5.11 
HTY  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
HIX  0.42  0.02  0.14  0.46  0.47 
 0.92 
 2.53 
HYI  0.36  0.02  0.18  1.76  0.40 
 0.67 
 1.61 
DSU  0.31 (0.01) 0.00 (0.52) 0.00 
 0.86 
 1.79 
WDI  0.46  0.03  0.10  0.01  0.68 
 0.86 
 2.70 
DHF  0.47  0.00  0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 0.80 
 2.74 
EAD  0.31  0.02  0.17  1.66  0.37 
 0.58 
 2.22