Blackrock Defensive Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Blackrock Defensive and Intermediate Term Tax Free Bond is 0.04 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Blackrock Defensive 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.

Blackrock Defensive Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Blackrock Defensive Advantage and DJI is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Blackrock Defensive Advantage and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Blackrock Mutual Fund

  0.61MKCPX Blackrock BalancedPairCorr
  0.81MKEAX MkeaxPairCorr
  0.64MKECX Blackrock FundsPairCorr
  0.63MKDCX Blackrock EmergingPairCorr
  0.65MKDVX Blackrock Equity DividendPairCorr
  0.82MKGCX Blackrock AdvantagePairCorr
  0.65MKFOX Blackrock Large CapPairCorr
  0.81BRAPX Blackrock AggressivePairCorr
  0.66BRACX Bats Series CPairCorr
  0.75MKLOX Blackrock Global AllPairCorr
  0.83BRBCX Blackrock TacticalPairCorr
  0.77BRCPX Blackrock ConservativePairCorr
  0.95BRGNX Blckrck Fdsiii RssllPairCorr
  0.81BRGPX Blackrock Gwth PreparedPairCorr
  0.82BRGKX Blckrck Fds IiiPairCorr
  0.82BRGAX Blckrck Fdsiii RssllPairCorr
  0.79BRIAX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.81BRHYX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.8MKSCX Blackrock FundsPairCorr
  0.79MKSPX Blackrock Advantage TotalPairCorr
  0.8BRIDX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.8BRIEX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.8BRICX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.8BRMIX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.67MKWIX Blackrock StrategicPairCorr
  0.8BRMAX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.8BRMPX Blackrock ModeratePairCorr
  0.8BRMKX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.87BROKX Blackrock AdvantagePairCorr
  0.71BROIX Blackrock Glbl OpprtntsPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Blackrock Mutual Fund performing well and Blackrock Defensive Mutual Fund 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 Blackrock Defensive'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.