Blackrock Defensive Correlations

BADEX Fund  USD 10.21  0.01  0.1%   
The current 90-days correlation between Blackrock Defensive and Blackrock California Municipal is 0.01 (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

Good diversification

The correlation between Blackrock Defensive Advantage and DJI is -0.07 (i.e., Good 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.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Blackrock Defensive Advantage. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in income.

Moving together with Blackrock Mutual Fund

  0.78MKEFX Blackrock Eurofund ClassPairCorr
  0.65MKECX Blackrock FundsPairCorr
  0.83MKDCX Blackrock EmergingPairCorr
  0.71MKILX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.79BREKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.79BRECX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.79BREAX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.78MKWIX Blackrock StrategicPairCorr
  0.77BROKX Blackrock AdvantagePairCorr

Moving against Blackrock Mutual Fund

  0.69BRBCX Blackrock TacticalPairCorr
  0.51MKFOX Blackrock Large CapPairCorr
  0.55BRGNX Blckrck Fdsiii RssllPairCorr
  0.55BRGKX Blckrck Fds IiiPairCorr
  0.55BRGAX Blckrck Fdsiii RssllPairCorr
  0.5MKSPX Blackrock Advantage TotalPairCorr
  0.4BRMIX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.4BRMAX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.38BRMKX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr

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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   
MKGCXMKDVX
BRAPXMKCPX
MKILXMKEFX
MKECXMKEFX
MKCPXMKCMX
MKGCXMKECX
  
High negative correlations   
MKFOXMKECX
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MKFOXMKGCX
MKFOXMKDVX
MKILXMKFOX

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.