Financial Select Correlations

XLF Etf  USD 56.13  1.20  2.18%   
The current 90-days correlation between Financial Select Sector and iShares Russell Mid Cap is 0.78 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Financial 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.

Financial Select Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Financial Select Sector and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Financial Select Sector and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Financial Select Sector. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

Moving together with Financial Etf

  1.0VFH Vanguard Financials IndexPairCorr
  0.9KRE SPDR SP RegionalPairCorr
  0.92KBE SPDR SP BankPairCorr
  0.97IYF iShares Financials ETFPairCorr
  1.0FNCL Fidelity MSCI FinancialsPairCorr
  0.98IYG iShares FinancialPairCorr
  0.94FXO First Trust FinancialsPairCorr
  0.92IAT iShares Regional BanksPairCorr
  0.96IXG iShares Global FinancialsPairCorr
  0.79LENS Sarmaya Thematic ETFPairCorr
  0.81ASA ASA GoldPairCorr
  0.79MAPP Harbor ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.85SNPD DBX ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.83JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.66WMT Walmart Common Stock Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.7BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr

Moving against Financial Etf

  0.62SWIN Alps Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.36MSFT Microsoft Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.31HPQ HP IncPairCorr

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Financial Select Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Financial Etf performing well and Financial 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 Financial 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
SPYG  0.75 (0.02)(0.02) 0.03  1.10 
 1.57 
 5.30 
IWR  0.68 (0.05)(0.05) 0.01  0.92 
 1.33 
 3.18 
IWB  0.59 (0.02)(0.02) 0.04  0.89 
 1.17 
 3.29 
VDIGX  0.48  0.00 (0.03) 0.05  0.54 
 1.01 
 2.50 
IXUS  0.57  0.03  0.03  0.10  0.72 
 1.10 
 2.98 
IVE  0.50  0.00 (0.02) 0.05  0.60 
 0.99 
 2.60 
SCHF  0.59  0.06  0.06  0.13  0.75 
 1.17 
 2.72 
VONG  0.75 (0.05)(0.04) 0.01  1.10 
 1.72 
 4.30 
DIA  0.56  0.01  0.01  0.06  0.65 
 1.18 
 2.94 
XLV  0.61  0.13  0.17  0.26  0.42 
 2.10 
 4.59