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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between William Blair Small Mid and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor 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

  1.0WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  1.0WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.99WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.99WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.96WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.97WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.97WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.97WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.92WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.93WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WVMIX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.98WVMRX William Blair MidPairCorr
  0.73WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.74WGFIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.96BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.96BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.74BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.39WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.39WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.39WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.51WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.5WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.5WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.42WISNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.41WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.41WISIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.39BIGIX William Blair InternPairCorr

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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.