Western Asset Municipal Fund Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

MHF Fund  USD 6.84  0.08  1.16%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Western Asset Municipal is 'Cautious Hold'. Macroaxis provides Western Asset buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding MHF positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of Western Asset's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting Western Asset's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
6.79
Hype Value
6.83
Market Value
6.84
Naive Value
6.85
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Western Asset Municipal given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Western Asset. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Western Asset Municipal, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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In addition, we conduct extensive research on individual funds such as Western and provide practical buy, sell, or hold recommendation based on investors' investing horizon and their risk tolerance towards Western Asset Municipal. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in rate.

Execute Western Asset Buy or Sell Advice

The Western recommendation should be used to complement the buy-or-sell advice compiled from the current analysts' consensus on Western Asset Municipal. Macroaxis does not own or have any residual interests in Western Asset Municipal or other equities on which the buy-or-sell advice is provided. Please provide your input below to execute Western Asset's advice using the current market data and latest reported fundamentals.

Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Cautious Hold

Market Performance

SolidDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Barely shadows the marketDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails
For the selected time horizon Western Asset Municipal has a Mean Deviation of 0.3602, Semi Deviation of 0.1273, Standard Deviation of 0.4867, Variance of 0.2369, Downside Variance of 0.2493 and Semi Variance of 0.0162
We provide recommendation to complement the prevalent expert consensus on Western Asset Municipal. Our dynamic recommendation engine utilizes a multidimensional algorithm to analyze the fund's potential to grow using all technical and fundamental data available at the time. To make sure Western Asset Municipal is not overpriced, please check out all Western Asset Municipal fundamentals, including its gross profit and the relationship between the current ratio and year to date returngross profit, number of employees, last dividend paid, as well as the relationship between the current ratio and year to date return .

Western Asset Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

The fund generated three year return of 0.0%

Western Asset Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Western Asset's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Western Asset's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Western Asset daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Western Asset Municipal price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Western Asset returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Western Asset.
Mean Return
0.12
Value At Risk
-0.61
Potential Upside
1.03
Standard Deviation
0.49
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Western Asset historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Western Asset Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Western Asset or Financial Services sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Western Asset's price will be affected by overall fund market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Western fund's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
0.10
β
Beta against NYSE Composite0.09
σ
Overall volatility
0.49
Ir
Information ratio 0.1

Western Asset Volatility Alert

Western Asset Municipal exhibits very low volatility with skewness of 0.59 and kurtosis of 2.2. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Western Asset's fund risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Western Asset's fund price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Western Asset Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Western Asset's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Western Asset's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Western Asset and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Western Asset or determine the funds which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Western Asset's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Western Asset by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Western Asset to competition
FundamentalsWestern AssetPeer Average
Price To Earning62.26 X6.53 X
Price To Book0.84 X0.74 X
Price To Sales22.07 X0.61 X
Beta0.31
Annual Yield0.01 %0.29 %
Year To Date Return0.52 %0.39 %
One Year Return3.57 %4.15 %
Three Year Return(0.15) %3.60 %
Five Year Return1.96 %3.24 %
Last Dividend Paid0.240.65

Western Asset Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Western . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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Please note, there is a significant difference between Western Asset's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Western Asset is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Western Asset's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.