Western Asset Correlations

LMECX Fund  USD 5.86  0.01  0.17%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Smash and Intal High Relative is 0.22 (i.e., Modest 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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Western Asset Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Smash and DJI is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Smash 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 Western Asset Smash. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.9LGFEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.83LGOCX Legg Mason BwPairCorr
  0.66SSMMX Western Asset ManagedPairCorr
  0.94WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.88WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.86WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.83WABCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.84WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.86WABSX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.95WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.88SSTLX Western Asset ShortPairCorr
  0.9WAFCX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.91WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.9WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.95WAHSX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.86WAPCX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.85WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.89WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.87WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.9SBICX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.83SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.94WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.85WATCX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.85WATRX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.91WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.94WAUCX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.94WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.95WAYRX Western Asset HighPairCorr

Moving against Western Mutual Fund

  0.46LGSCX Qs Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.46LMBMX Qs Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.31LMASX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Western Mutual Fund performing well and Western Asset 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 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.