IShares IBoxx Correlations

LQD Etf  USD 108.41  0.27  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares iBoxx Investment and iShares iBoxx High is 0.69 (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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between iShares iBoxx Investment and DJI is 0.46 (i.e., Very weak 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

  0.76IGIB iShares 5 10PairCorr
  0.82USIG iShares Broad USDPairCorr
  0.82SPIB SPDR Barclays IntermPairCorr
  0.8SUSC iShares ESG USDPairCorr
  0.77QLTA iShares AaaPairCorr
  0.98CORP PIMCO Investment GradePairCorr
  0.99FLCO Franklin Liberty InvPairCorr
  0.99GIGB Goldman Sachs AccessPairCorr
  0.8VTC Vanguard Total CorporatePairCorr
  0.84PMBS PIMCO Mortgage BackedPairCorr
  0.63PFFL ETRACS 2xMonthly PayPairCorr
  0.68CEFD ETRACS Monthly PayPairCorr
  0.91VCIT Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.73JCPI JPMorgan InflationPairCorr
  0.61DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.64VIXY ProShares VIX ShortPairCorr
  0.63VXX iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.37YCL ProShares Ultra YenPairCorr

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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   
JPMMSFT
JPMF
MSFTMETA
FUBER
JPMUBER
JPMMETA
  
High negative correlations   
MRKUBER
MRKMSFT
MRKJPM
MRKF
MRKMETA
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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  2.08  0.28  0.09 (9.66) 2.46 
 4.23 
 21.50 
MSFT  1.23  0.33  0.21  0.35  1.13 
 2.40 
 13.79 
UBER  1.87  0.23  0.09  0.20  2.29 
 4.19 
 16.18 
F  1.70  0.10  0.04  0.13  2.24 
 2.90 
 13.07 
T  1.15  0.09  0.04  0.32  1.79 
 2.01 
 8.83 
A  1.77 (0.09) 0.00 (0.04) 0.00 
 2.76 
 14.45 
CRM  1.60 (0.10) 0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 3.01 
 13.13 
JPM  1.31  0.22  0.10  0.22  1.95 
 2.75 
 11.14 
MRK  1.62 (0.24) 0.00  0.87  0.00 
 2.55 
 10.58 
XOM  1.32 (0.05) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 2.62 
 10.53