William Blair Correlations

WGGNX Fund  USD 16.86  0.12  0.72%   
The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Global and William Blair China is 0.17 (i.e., Average 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between William Blair Global and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Global and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.73WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.73WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.73WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.72WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.72WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.64WBELX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.65WBEIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.64WBENX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.81WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.62WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.62WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.62WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.69WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.69WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.64WELIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.64WELNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.64WXCIX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.64WXCRX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  1.0WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.8BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.8BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  1.0BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.65BIEMX William Blair EmergingPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
WRCGX  1.37  0.20  0.04 (2.85) 1.31 
 4.71 
 9.42 
WSMDX  0.74  0.00  0.02  0.13  0.86 
 1.42 
 5.10 
WSMRX  0.74  0.01  0.02  0.13  0.86 
 1.42 
 5.08 
WSMNX  0.74  0.00  0.02  0.13  0.86 
 1.45 
 5.06 
WBCRX  0.69  0.01  0.02  0.13  0.77 
 1.46 
 4.71 
WBELX  0.60 (0.04)(0.17)(0.01) 0.75 
 1.21 
 3.26 
WBEIX  0.58 (0.08) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 1.21 
 3.24 
WBENX  0.59 (0.08) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 1.24 
 3.40 
WBGSX  0.70  0.01  0.01  0.14  0.91 
 1.51 
 4.98 
WBIIX  0.57 (0.12) 0.00 (0.13) 0.00 
 1.05 
 3.57