Legg Mason Correlations

LROIX Fund  USD 11.09  0.03  0.27%   
The current 90-days correlation between Legg Mason Bw and Smead Value Fund is 0.46 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Legg Mason 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.

Legg Mason Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Legg Mason Bw and DJI is 0.28 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Legg Mason Bw 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 Legg Mason Bw. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Legg Mutual Fund

  0.7TEBIX Franklin Mutual BeaconPairCorr
  0.83TEDMX Templeton DevelopingPairCorr
  0.62TEDIX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.92TEFRX Templeton ForeignPairCorr
  0.87TEFTX Templeton ForeignPairCorr
  0.8TEGBX Templeton Global BondPairCorr
  0.61TEGRX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.92TEMFX Templeton ForeignPairCorr
  0.69TEMEX Franklin Mutual BeaconPairCorr
  0.93TEMIX Franklin Mutual EuropeanPairCorr
  0.93TEMQX Mutual QuestPairCorr
  0.93TEQIX Franklin Mutual QuestPairCorr
  0.62TEPLX Templeton GrowthPairCorr
  0.88LGGAX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.95TEURX Franklin Mutual EuropeanPairCorr
  0.89LGIEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.92WAARX Western Asset TotalPairCorr

Moving against Legg Mutual Fund

  0.46TEMMX Templeton EmergingPairCorr
  0.37TEMZX Templeton EmergingPairCorr
  0.32TESGX Templeton Global SmallerPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Legg Mutual Fund performing well and Legg Mason 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 Legg Mason'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.