IShares MSCI Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between iShares MSCI Belgium and iShares MSCI Austria is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as IShares MSCI moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if iShares MSCI Belgium moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

IShares MSCI Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between iShares MSCI Belgium and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares MSCI Belgium and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in iShares MSCI Belgium. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in housing.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.69EWU iShares MSCI UnitedPairCorr
  0.65EWL iShares MSCI SwitzerlandPairCorr
  0.7EWG iShares MSCI GermanyPairCorr
  0.62EWQ iShares MSCI FrancePairCorr
  0.77EWW iShares MSCI MexicoPairCorr
  0.89BND Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.67VEA Vanguard FTSE DevelopedPairCorr
  0.82GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.7TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.67MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.64PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.68KO Coca ColaPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.63VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.6IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.59VB Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.58VUG Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.5SPY SPDR SP 500PairCorr
  0.5VO Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.44KSA iShares MSCI SaudiPairCorr
  0.39EWA iShares MSCI AustraliaPairCorr
  0.67AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.61BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.56HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.53HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.52CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.51AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.5DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.31JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr

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IShares MSCI Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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