William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Large and Harbor Capital Appreciation is 0.6 (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 Large and DJI is 0.49 (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 Large and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in William Blair Large. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

Moving together with WILLIAM Mutual Fund

  0.98WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.97WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.92WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.92WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.69WBEIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.69WBENX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.85WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.98WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.97WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.97WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.65WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.65WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.68WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.68WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.68BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.87WXCIX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.87WXCRX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.64WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.65WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.91BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.91BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.65BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.69BIEMX William Blair EmergingPairCorr

Moving against WILLIAM Mutual Fund

  0.68WRCGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.56WEDRX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.55WEDIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.68WICGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr

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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.