William Blair Correlations

WBSIX Fund  USD 32.18  0.07  0.22%   
The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Small and Hotchkis Wiley Diversified is 0.74 (i.e., Poor 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

Good diversification

The correlation between William Blair Small and DJI is -0.15 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Small and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  1.0WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  1.0WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  1.0WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.99WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.78WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.99WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  1.0WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.82WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.62WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.62WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.62BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.87WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.99BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.99BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.86BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.74WRCGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.58WEDRX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.57WEDIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.61WICGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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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.