IShares Trust Correlations

LMUB Etf   50.70  0.07  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares Trust and Tanaka Growth Fund is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of IShares Trust 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.

IShares Trust Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between iShares Trust and DJI is 0.66 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares Trust 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 iShares Trust. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in population.
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Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.62BND Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.77VTV Vanguard Value Index Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.76VEA Vanguard FTSE DevelopedPairCorr
  0.64VB Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.76VWO Vanguard FTSE EmergingPairCorr
  0.64CPST Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.7ITDD iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.68AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.81CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr
  0.67JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.76DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.69BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.63GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.71CAT CaterpillarPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.52MPAY Exchange Traded ConceptsPairCorr
  0.36VUG Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.8HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.69MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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IShares Trust Competition Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between IShares Etf performing well and IShares Trust ETF 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 Trust'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
META  1.52  0.08  0.03  0.22  1.50 
 3.43 
 13.69 
MSFT  1.36 (0.35) 0.00 (0.76) 0.00 
 1.90 
 13.28 
UBER  1.48 (0.41) 0.00 (0.68) 0.00 
 2.41 
 11.09 
F  1.21  0.03  0.02  0.12  1.19 
 3.38 
 7.16 
T  0.94  0.16  0.08  1.67  0.82 
 2.02 
 5.31 
A  1.21 (0.31) 0.00 (0.16) 0.00 
 2.90 
 7.85 
CRM  1.68 (0.49) 0.00 (0.35) 0.00 
 2.94 
 12.37 
JPM  1.20  0.10 (0.01)(0.27) 1.67 
 2.34 
 7.38 
MRK  1.31  0.47  0.32  0.81  0.99 
 3.59 
 8.09 
XOM  1.18  0.43  0.27  3.64  0.93 
 2.69 
 5.85