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| MMU Fund | USD 10.67 0.04 0.38% |
Slightly above 54% of Western Asset's investor base is interested to short. The analysis of overall sentiment of trading Western Asset Managed fund suggests that many investors are impartial at this time. Western Asset's investing sentiment can be driven by a variety of factors including economic data, Western Asset's earnings reports, geopolitical events, and overall market trends.
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Western Asset Fundamental Analysis
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Shares Owned By Institutions
Shares Owned By Institutions Comparative Analysis
Western Asset is currently under evaluation in shares owned by institutions among similar funds. Shares Owned by Institutions show the percentage of the outstanding shares of stock issued by a company that is currently owned by other institutions such as asset management firms, hedge funds, or investment banks. Many investors like investing in companies with a large percentage of the firm owned by institutions because they believe that larger firms such as banks, pension funds, and mutual funds, will invest when they think that good things are going to happen.
Western Asset Managed Potential Pair-trading
One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Western Asset fund to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Western Asset could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Western Asset by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
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Western Asset Related Equities
| CXE | MFS High | 1.57 | ||||
| NAN | Nuveen New | 0.95 | ||||
| MQT | Blackrock Muniyield | 0.95 | ||||
| MVF | Munivest Fund | 0.80 | ||||
| CMU | MFS High | 0.55 | ||||
| NRK | Nuveen New | 0.45 | ||||
| JHS | John Hancock | 0.44 | ||||
| MUE | Blackrock Muniholdings | 0.28 | ||||
| MHF | Western Asset | 0.28 | ||||
| MHD | Blackrock Muniholdings | 0.16 | ||||
| GGT-PE | Gabelli Multimedia | 0.13 | ||||
| KTF | DWS Municipal | 0.20 | ||||
| DTF | DTF Tax | 0.27 | ||||
| MHN | Blackrock Muniholdings | 0.27 | ||||
| NXC | Nuveen California | 0.95 |
Other Information on Investing in Western Fund
Western Asset financial ratios help investors to determine whether Western Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Western with respect to the benefits of owning Western Asset security.
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