William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Emerg and Davis Financial Fund is 0.24 (i.e., Modest 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

Average diversification

The correlation between William Blair Emerg and DJI is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Emerg and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with William Mutual Fund

  0.62WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.63WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.62WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.81WBEIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.82WBENX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.61WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.63WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.63WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.63WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.9WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.9WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.87BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  1.0WXCRX William Blair EmergPairCorr
  0.63BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.63BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.67BIEMX William Blair EmergingPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.57WRCGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.52WEDIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.5WEDRX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.57WICGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr

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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.