Legg Mason Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Legg Mason Partners and Aqr Equity Market is 0.13 (i.e., Average 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Legg Mason Partners and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Legg Mason Partners and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Legg Fund

  0.7VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.65VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.7VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.63VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.65VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.72VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.94FTYPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.86FFBTX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.86GQLOX Gmo Quality FundPairCorr
  0.68GMCQX Gmo Equity AllocationPairCorr
  0.65DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.77JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.72WMT WalmartPairCorr

Moving against Legg Fund

  0.51MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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