Materials Select Correlations

XLB Etf  USD 89.85  0.31  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between Materials Select Sector and Industrial Select Sector is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Materials Select 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.

Materials Select Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Materials Select Sector and DJI is 0.5 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Materials Select Sector and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Materials Etf

  1.0VAW Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.94XME SPDR SP MetalsPairCorr
  0.94PHO Invesco Water ResourcesPairCorr
  0.85MOO VanEck Agribusiness ETFPairCorr
  0.96FXZ First Trust MaterialsPairCorr
  0.94FIW First Trust WaterPairCorr
  0.68URNM Sprott Uranium MinersPairCorr
  1.0IYM iShares Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.92WTRE WisdomTree New EconomyPairCorr
  0.74FIG Simplify Macro StrategyPairCorr
  0.83CRED Columbia ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.79HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.86DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.85XOM Exxon Mobil CorpPairCorr
  0.78JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.74HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.75AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.65PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.62BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr

Moving against Materials Etf

  0.65BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.47PFE Pfizer IncPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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Materials Select Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Materials Etf performing well and Materials Select 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 Materials Select'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.