William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Instit and Wasatch Small Cap is 0.46 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of William Blair 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.

William Blair Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between William Blair Institutional and DJI is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Institutional and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.67WBENX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  1.0WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.73WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.66BIEMX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.94WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.98WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.98WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.94WISIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.94RERFX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.94AEPFX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.94CEUAX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.95CEUCX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.94RERCX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.94REREX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.93RERGX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.94CEUFX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.94CEUEX Europacific GrowthPairCorr
  0.95RERAX Europacific GrowthPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.43WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.39WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.39WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.39WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.39WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.39WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.38BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.38BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.37WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.69KNPAX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr
  0.67KSCYX Kinetics Small CapPairCorr
  0.38LCGFX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.71KINCX Kinetics InternetPairCorr
  0.71KINAX Kinetics InternetPairCorr
  0.69WWNPX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr
  0.69KNPCX Kinetics ParadigmPairCorr
  0.68LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.67KSOCX Kinetics Small CapPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
USCAXWMCVX
USCAXSIGWX
NSIDXSIGWX
DSCPXSIGWX
PASVXSIGWX
PASVXNSIDX
  
High negative correlations   
DTICXLBDRX
DTICXDSCPX
DTICXNSIDX
DTICXPASVX
DTICXSIGWX
DTICXUSCAX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between William Mutual Fund performing well and William Blair 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 William Blair'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.