Western Asset Correlations

WAYRX Fund  USD 6.92  0.01  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset High and American Century Diversified is 0.59 (i.e., Very 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Western Asset High and DJI is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset High and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.92WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.9WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.88WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.88WABSX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.99WAHSX Western Asset HighPairCorr
  0.89WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.92WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.91WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.92WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.88WATCX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.88WATRX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.92WAURX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.76SCACX Western Asset CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.98SDSIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.92ARMLX Western Asset AdjustablePairCorr
  0.93LMBSX Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.88LMAOX Legg Mason BwPairCorr
  0.87LMAQX Legg Mason BwPairCorr
  0.95LMECX Western Asset SmashPairCorr
  0.93SGVSX Western Asset MortgagePairCorr

Moving against Western Mutual Fund

  0.42LMBMX Qs Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.34LMTIX Qs Large CapPairCorr
  0.34LMUSX Qs Large CapPairCorr
  0.33LMISX Qs Large 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.