Legg Mason Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Legg Mason Partners and Tiaa Cref Real Estate is 0.38 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Legg Mason 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.

Legg Mason Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Legg Mason Partners and DJI is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Legg Mason Partners and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Legg Mason Partners. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in manufacturing.

Moving together with Legg Fund

  0.95VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.92VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.92VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.94VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.68VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.89VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.89NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr
  0.81NVG Nuveen Amt FreePairCorr
  0.73AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.71DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.68CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.78JNJ Johnson Johnson Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.77CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr
  0.9BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.79AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.86TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.87HPQ HP Inc Sell-off TrendPairCorr

Moving against Legg Fund

  0.42BA BoeingPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Legg Fund performing well and Legg Mason 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 Legg Mason'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.