Ishares Municipal Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Ishares Municipal Bond and Blackrock Pa Muni is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Ishares Municipal 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.

Ishares Municipal Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Ishares Municipal Bond and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ishares Municipal Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Ishares Mutual Fund

  0.95MKCMX Blackrock CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.69MKCPX Blackrock BalancedPairCorr
  0.81BRAMX Bats Series MPairCorr
  0.91MKMTX Blackrock StrategicPairCorr
  0.85BRACX Bats Series CPairCorr
  0.99MKNKX Blackrock New YorkPairCorr
  0.93MKNJX Blackrock New JerseyPairCorr
  0.72MKLOX Blackrock Global AllPairCorr
  0.69BRCPX Blackrock ConservativePairCorr
  0.99MKPYX Blackrock PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.75BRIAX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.61BRHYX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.65MKSCX Blackrock FundsPairCorr
  0.71MKSPX Blackrock Advantage TotalPairCorr
  0.73BRIDX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.73BRIEX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.75BRICX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.72BRMIX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.61MKWIX Blackrock StrategicPairCorr
  0.72BRMAX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.72BRMPX Blackrock ModeratePairCorr
  0.72BRMKX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr

Moving against Ishares Mutual Fund

  0.33BREKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.31BRECX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Ishares Mutual Fund performing well and Ishares Municipal 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 Ishares Municipal'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.