IShares SP Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between iShares SP Small and FT Vest Equity is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of IShares SP 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.

IShares SP Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between iShares SP Small Cap and DJI is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares SP Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in iShares SP Small Cap. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.83VBR Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.87IWN iShares Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.72IJJ iShares SP MidPairCorr
  1.0SLYV SPDR SP 600PairCorr
  0.68AVUV Avantis Small CapPairCorr
  0.72MDYV SPDR SP 400PairCorr
  0.78CALF Pacer Small CapPairCorr
  0.7IWMI NEOS Russell 2000 Low VolatilityPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.52REKT Direxion Shares ETF Downward RallyPairCorr

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IShares SP Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between IShares Etf performing well and IShares SP 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 SP'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.