Qs Defensive Correlations

LMLRX Fund  USD 13.16  0.04  0.30%   
The current 90-days correlation between Qs Defensive Growth and Vanguard Wellesley Income is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Qs Defensive 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.

Qs Defensive Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Qs Defensive Growth and DJI is 0.94 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Qs Defensive Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Qs Defensive Growth. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with LMLRX Mutual Fund

  0.92SAGCX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr
  0.9LGASX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.99SCGCX Qs Moderate GrowthPairCorr
  0.98SCHCX Qs Growth FundPairCorr
  0.74SDSIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.98LLLRX Qs Growth FundPairCorr
  0.92LLMRX Qs Moderate GrowthPairCorr
  0.94LMBMX Qs Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.96LMISX Qs Large CapPairCorr
  0.96LMTIX Qs Large CapPairCorr
  0.96LMUSX Qs Large CapPairCorr
  0.82LMVRX Clearbridge Value TrustPairCorr
  0.89LMVTX Clearbridge Value TrustPairCorr
  0.82LBDRX Legg Mason BwPairCorr
  0.88LBGCX Clearbridge Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97LBRIX Clearbridge DividendPairCorr
  0.93LCSSX Clearbridge SelectPairCorr
  0.84LWSIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.91VWINX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.78VWIAX Vanguard Wellesley IncomePairCorr
  0.86BKMIX Blackrock Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.8HBLTX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLRX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLSX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLVX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLYX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.92HBLCX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.8HBLIX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.83PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.93CIF Mfs Intermediate HighPairCorr
  0.65NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.92XPPRX Voya Prime RatePairCorr
  0.81PCF Putnam High IncomePairCorr

Moving against LMLRX Mutual Fund

  0.5SAEXX State Street InstituPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between LMLRX Mutual Fund performing well and Qs Defensive 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 Qs Defensive'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VWINX  0.40  0.02  0.09  0.00  0.60 
 0.75 
 3.83 
VWIAX  0.40  0.00  0.10 (0.11) 0.62 
 0.72 
 3.83 
BKMIX  0.39  0.02  0.12 (0.60) 0.55 
 0.81 
 3.28 
HBLTX  0.45  0.00  0.09 (0.13) 0.69 
 0.85 
 4.03 
HBLRX  0.45  0.02  0.08 (0.01) 0.69 
 0.86 
 3.90 
HBLSX  0.44  0.02  0.08 (0.01) 0.68 
 0.86 
 3.96 
HBLVX  0.44  0.02  0.08 (0.01) 0.69 
 0.85 
 3.86 
HBLYX  0.45  0.02  0.08  0.00  0.71 
 0.90 
 4.00 
HBLCX  0.45  0.02  0.07 (0.02) 0.69 
 0.87 
 3.92 
HBLIX  0.45  0.00  0.09 (0.11) 0.69 
 0.84 
 3.92