Western Forest Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Western Forest Products and Interfor Corp is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Western Forest moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Western Forest Products moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Western Forest Correlation With Market

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Good diversification

The correlation between Western Forest Products and DJI is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Forest Products and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Western Forest could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Western Forest when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Western Forest - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Western Forest Products to buy it.

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Western Stock performing well and Western Forest Company 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 Forest'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.

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