William Blair Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between William Blair Large and American Funds The is 0.94 (i.e., Almost no 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between William Blair Large and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding William Blair Large 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 William Blair Large. 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 census.

Moving together with WILLIAM Mutual Fund

  0.91WSMDX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.91WSMRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.91WSMNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.9WBCIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.9WBCRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.98WBGSX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.82WBSNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.82WBSIX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.82WBSRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.75WBVNX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.75WBVRX William Blair SmallPairCorr
  0.82WGGNX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  0.98BGFRX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.98BGFIX William Blair GrowthPairCorr
  0.82BGGIX William Blair GlobalPairCorr
  1.0LCGJX William Blair LargePairCorr
  1.0LCGNX William Blair LargePairCorr
  0.99FAFGX American FundsPairCorr

Moving against WILLIAM Mutual Fund

  0.39WBIGX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.38WBIIX William Blair InstitPairCorr
  0.38WBIRX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.51WILJX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.51WILIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.51WILNX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.49WIISX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.49WISIX William Blair InternPairCorr
  0.38BIGIX 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
FAFGX  0.65  0.03  0.02  0.16  0.84 
 1.34 
 4.41 
FFAFX  0.65  0.03  0.02  0.16  0.84 
 1.34 
 4.41 
GFACX  0.65  0.02  0.02  0.15  0.85 
 1.33 
 4.41 
GFAFX  0.65  0.03  0.02  0.16  0.84 
 1.34 
 4.42 
AGTHX  0.65  0.03  0.02  0.16  0.84 
 1.34 
 4.40 
CGFFX  0.65  0.03  0.02  0.16  0.84 
 1.34 
 4.41 
CGFCX  0.65  0.02  0.02  0.15  0.85 
 1.34 
 4.41 
CGFAX  0.65  0.03  0.02  0.16  0.84 
 1.35 
 4.40 
CGFEX  0.65  0.03  0.02  0.15  0.84 
 1.34 
 4.40 
RGAEX  0.65  0.03  0.02  0.16  0.84 
 1.34 
 4.39