Legg Mason Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Legg Mason Partners and Inflation Linked Fixed Income is 0.03 (i.e., Significant 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 0.7 (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

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  0.96VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.96VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.96VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.94VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.94VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.67FTYPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.66FFBTX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.93GCAVX Gmo Small CapPairCorr
  0.7GQLOX Gmo Quality FundPairCorr
  0.96GMCQX Gmo Equity AllocationPairCorr
  0.7DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.78JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.94AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.63MSFT Microsoft Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.74HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.78WMT WalmartPairCorr

Moving against Legg Fund

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  0.49JNJ Johnson Johnson Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.38T ATT Inc Sell-off TrendPairCorr

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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.