IShares SP Correlations

IJS Etf  USD 99.41  0.33  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares SP Small and iShares SP Small Cap is -0.18 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of IShares SP 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 SP Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between iShares SP Small Cap and DJI is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares SP Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in iShares SP Small Cap. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in inflation.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.96VBR Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.63IWN iShares Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.91IJJ iShares SP MidPairCorr
  0.98DFAT Dimensional TargetedPairCorr
  1.0SLYV SPDR SP 600PairCorr
  0.62AVUV Avantis Small CapPairCorr
  0.98DES WisdomTree SmallCapPairCorr
  0.91MDYV SPDR SP 400PairCorr
  0.95CALF Pacer Small Cap Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.89VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.86SPY SPDR SP 500PairCorr
  0.86IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.92VUG Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.82VO Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.78DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.82BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.88HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.81CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.83HPQ HP IncPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.63BND Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.56VEA Vanguard FTSE DevelopedPairCorr
  0.75JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.69VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.68TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.56MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.41IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.33INTC IntelPairCorr
  0.31CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr

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IShares SP Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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