William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Small and William Blair Small Mid is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between William Blair Small Mid and DJI is 0.37 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Small Mid and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  1.0WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  1.0WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.9WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.9WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.61WBEIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.62WBENX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.89WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  1.0WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  1.0WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  1.0WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.64WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.64WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.67WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.67WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.69BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.85WXCIX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.85WXCRX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.69WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.69WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.95BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.95BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.69BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.61BIEMX William Blair EmergingPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.72WRCGX William Blair China Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.57WEDRX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.56WEDIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.88GAAKX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.73WICGX William Blair China Potential GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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