Western Asset Correlations

WAADX Fund  USD 6.13  0.02  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Smash and Fidelity Capital Income is 0.3 (i.e., Weak 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Smash and DJI is 0.38 (i.e., Weak 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.
  
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Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.82GAPIX Goldman Sachs EquityPairCorr
  0.83MLMAX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.8AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.74AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.66SAGAX Ridgeworth InnovativePairCorr
  0.66LIGYX Loomis Sayles InternPairCorr
  0.65CVX Chevron Corp Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.74INTC Intel Fiscal Year End 23rd of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.77CSCO Cisco Systems Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.82CAT Caterpillar Fiscal Year End 3rd of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.71AXP American Express Fiscal Year End 24th of January 2025 PairCorr

Moving against Western Mutual Fund

  0.69LMSMX Western Asset SmashPairCorr
  0.65BRAMX Bats Series MPairCorr
  0.65PFHCX Pacific Funds SmallPairCorr
  0.6LMLCX Western Asset SmashPairCorr
  0.56FXICX Fixed Income SharesPairCorr
  0.5FXIMX Fixed Income SharesPairCorr
  0.35LMECX Western Asset SmashPairCorr
  0.62MRK Merck Company Fiscal Year End 6th of February 2025 PairCorr
  0.6JNJ Johnson Johnson Fiscal Year End 28th of January 2025 PairCorr
  0.54PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.52KO Coca Cola Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.33PFE Pfizer Inc Aggressive PushPairCorr

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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.