Weitz Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Weitz Balanced and Value Fund Value is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Weitz Balanced 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.

Weitz Balanced Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Weitz Balanced and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Weitz Balanced and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Weitz Mutual Fund

  0.61SAFEX Weitz Ultra ShortPairCorr
  1.0WBALX Balanced Fund BalancedPairCorr
  0.89WVAIX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.89WVALX Value Fund ValuePairCorr
  0.8WPOIX Partners Iii OpportunityPairCorr
  0.79WPOPX Partners Iii OpportunityPairCorr
  0.88WPVLX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.88WPVIX Partners ValuePairCorr
  0.76BKMIX Blackrock Multi AssetPairCorr
  0.83HBLTX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.8HBLRX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.82HBLSX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.84HBLVX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.83HBLYX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.79HBLCX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.83HBLIX Hartford BalancedPairCorr
  0.88THCGX Thornburg E GrowthPairCorr
  0.84TSGCX Timothy Strategic GrowthPairCorr
  0.95JDBRX Janus BalancedPairCorr
  0.75TUHYX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.78PGTAX Putnam Global TechnologyPairCorr
  0.62VWEAX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr

Moving against Weitz Mutual Fund

  0.38WCPNX Core Plus IncomePairCorr
  0.36WCPBX Core Plus IncomePairCorr
  0.48GAAGX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.46GAAKX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.38GPBFX Gmo E PlusPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Weitz Mutual Fund performing well and Weitz Balanced 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 Weitz Balanced'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.