IShares IBoxx Correlations

LQD Etf  USD 107.71  0.15  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares iBoxx Investment and iShares iBoxx High is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of IShares IBoxx 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 IBoxx Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between iShares iBoxx Investment and DJI is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares iBoxx Investment 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 iBoxx Investment. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in producer price index.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.98IGIB iShares 5 10 Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.99USIG iShares Broad USDPairCorr
  0.86SPIB SPDR Barclays Interm Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  1.0SUSC iShares ESG USDPairCorr
  1.0QLTA iShares AaaPairCorr
  0.99CORP PIMCO Investment GradePairCorr
  1.0FLCO Franklin Liberty InvPairCorr
  1.0GIGB Goldman Sachs AccessPairCorr
  1.0VTC Vanguard Total CorporatePairCorr
  0.61SPXL Direxion Daily SP500PairCorr
  0.66RFDA RiverFront DynamicPairCorr
  0.64CAT Caterpillar Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.75HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.74PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.65AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr

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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   
XOMF
XOMUBER
AMETA
MSFTMETA
CRMT
JPMA
  
High negative correlations   
CRMUBER
XOMMETA
MRKJPM
FMETA
XOMMSFT
UBERMSFT

IShares IBoxx Competition Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between IShares Etf performing well and IShares IBoxx 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 IBoxx'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  1.39  0.25  0.13  0.74  1.40 
 3.43 
 7.43 
MSFT  1.02  0.06 (0.01) 0.63  1.57 
 2.20 
 7.31 
UBER  1.58 (0.26) 0.00 (2.57) 0.00 
 2.67 
 12.29 
F  1.49 (0.13) 0.00 (0.15) 0.00 
 2.57 
 11.21 
T  1.01  0.10  0.05  0.27  1.10 
 1.91 
 7.94 
A  1.18  0.12  0.06  0.33  1.13 
 2.81 
 8.06 
CRM  1.51  0.32  0.16  1.11  1.42 
 3.70 
 14.80 
JPM  1.05  0.26  0.16  1.00  1.05 
 1.92 
 15.87 
MRK  1.03 (0.13) 0.00 (0.52) 0.00 
 2.00 
 5.24 
XOM  0.82 (0.18) 0.00 (0.33) 0.00 
 1.71 
 6.06