William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Emerg and Investec Emerging Markets is 0.11 (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

Modest diversification

The correlation between William Blair Emerg and DJI is 0.28 (i.e., Modest 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

  0.76WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.81WBEIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.68WESNX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.68WESJX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.68BESIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  1.0WXCIX William Blair EmergPairCorr

Moving against William Mutual Fund

  0.62WEDRX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.61WEDIX William Blair EmergingPairCorr
  0.55WRCGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.75WICGX William Blair ChinaPairCorr
  0.36WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.36WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.36WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.35VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.35VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.35ODVYX Oppenheimer DevelopingPairCorr
  0.34VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.34VEMRX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.33WISNX 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.