Western Asset Correlations

WATCX Fund  USD 9.62  0.02  0.21%   
The current 90-days correlation between Western Asset Interm and Clearbridge Aggressive Growth is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Western Asset 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.

Western Asset Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Western Asset Intermediate and DJI is -0.14 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Western Asset Intermediate and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Western Asset Intermediate. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Western Mutual Fund

  0.68LGFEX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.94LGOCX Legg Mason BwPairCorr
  0.79SSMMX Western Asset ManagedPairCorr
  0.89WAASX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.95WACIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.96WACSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.96WABRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  1.0WABSX Western Asset IntermPairCorr
  0.62WAGIX Western Asset GlobalPairCorr
  0.73SSTLX Western Asset ShortPairCorr
  0.97WAFCX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.96WAFSX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.97WAFRX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.96WAPIX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.95WAPSX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.95WAPRX Western Asset EPairCorr
  0.76SBICX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr
  0.99SBILX Western Asset PoratePairCorr
  0.9WARIX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.96WATPX Western Asset InflationPairCorr
  0.92WAUCX Western Asset TotalPairCorr
  0.79SBYLX Western Asset NewPairCorr
  0.83SCACX Western Asset CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.7LIESX Qs International EquityPairCorr
  0.75LIORX Clearbridge InternationalPairCorr

Moving against Western Mutual Fund

  0.64SAGCX Clearbridge AggressivePairCorr
  0.63LGASX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr
  0.59SAPCX Clearbridge AppreciationPairCorr
  0.56LGSCX Qs Small CapitalizationPairCorr
  0.62SBSDX Qs Sp 500PairCorr
  0.56SCHCX Qs Growth FundPairCorr
  0.54SBPLX Clearbridge DividendPairCorr
  0.53SBMLX Clearbridge Mid CapPairCorr
  0.5SCGCX Qs Moderate GrowthPairCorr
  0.32SCBCX Qs Servative GrowthPairCorr
  0.68LMISX Qs Large CapPairCorr
  0.63LISGX Clearbridge Small CapPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
WACSXWACIX
LGSCXLGASX
WACIXLGOCX
LGASXSAGCX
WACSXLGOCX
SAPCXSAGCX
  
High negative correlations   
LGOCXSAGCX
LGOCXSAPCX
LGOCXLGASX
WACIXSAGCX
WACSXSAGCX
LGSCXLGOCX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Western Mutual Fund performing well and Western Asset 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 Western Asset'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
SAGCX  0.77  0.02  0.03  0.11  0.88 
 1.34 
 4.84 
LGASX  0.83  0.00  0.02  0.09  0.77 
 1.86 
 5.76 
LGFEX  0.68 (0.07) 0.00  1.79  0.00 
 1.22 
 4.02 
SAPCX  0.52  0.07 (0.03)(1.05) 0.64 
 1.02 
 3.20 
LGOCX  0.37 (0.09) 0.00  3.10  0.00 
 0.68 
 2.04 
SSMMX  0.16  0.00 (0.32) 0.05  0.25 
 0.33 
 1.53 
WAASX  0.14 (0.01)(0.46)(0.11) 0.15 
 0.33 
 0.77 
LGSCX  0.97 (0.04) 0.01  0.07  1.02 
 2.18 
 8.08 
WACIX  0.25 (0.05) 0.00 (0.75) 0.00 
 0.43 
 1.41 
WACSX  0.25 (0.04) 0.00 (0.61) 0.00 
 0.47 
 1.33