IShares MSCI Correlations

GLOF Etf   43.55  0.05  0.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares MSCI Global and iShares MSCI Intl is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of IShares MSCI 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 MSCI Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between iShares MSCI Global 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 MSCI Global 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 MSCI Global. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in persons.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.99VT Vanguard Total WorldPairCorr
  0.99ACWI iShares MSCI ACWIPairCorr
  0.87IOO iShares Global 100PairCorr
  0.99URTH iShares MSCI WorldPairCorr
  0.99CRBN iShares MSCI ACWIPairCorr
  0.66GLOV Goldman Sachs ActiveBetaPairCorr
  0.99KOKU Xtrackers MSCI KokusaiPairCorr
  0.99SPGM SPDR Portfolio MSCIPairCorr
  0.83WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.64DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.7AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.89JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.35WTID UBS ETRACSPairCorr

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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   
IGROINTF
INTFISCF
IGROISCF
INTFBBAG
IGROBBAG
BBAGISCF
  
High negative correlations   
BBAGSMLF
IGROSMLF
INTFSMLF
SMLFISCF

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.