Westwood Alternative Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Westwood Alternative and Government Securities Fund is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Westwood Alternative 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.

Westwood Alternative Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Westwood Alternative Income and DJI is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Westwood Alternative Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Westwood Mutual Fund

  0.88CVSCX Calamos Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.9CVSIX Calamos Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.92CMNIX Calamos Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.96ADANX Aqr Diversified ArbitragePairCorr
  1.0ARBIX Absolute ConvertiblePairCorr
  1.0ARBOX Absolute ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.97QDARX Aqr Diversified ArbitragePairCorr
  0.96FSAWX Fidelity Sai ConvertiblePairCorr
  0.96BXECX Barings Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96BXEIX Barings Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96BXEAX Barings Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.95HLDIX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.95HLDRX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.94HLDAX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.94HLDCX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.95HLDTX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.95PIPTX Virtus Kar GlobalPairCorr

Moving against Westwood Mutual Fund

  0.56WWSYX Westwood Quality SmallcapPairCorr
  0.56WHGSX Westwood Smallcap ValuePairCorr
  0.47WWMCX Ultimus Managers TrustPairCorr
  0.46WWSMX Westwood Quality SmidcapPairCorr
  0.46WHGMX Westwood SmidcapPairCorr
  0.41WHGAX Westwood Quality SmallcapPairCorr
  0.38WHGCX Westwood Quality SmallcapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Westwood Mutual Fund performing well and Westwood Alternative 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 Westwood Alternative'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.