| HEFA Etf | | | USD 35.61 0.19 0.53% |
The current 90-days correlation between iShares Currency Hedged and iShares MSCI Intl is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of IShares Currency 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 Currency Correlation With Market
Very weak diversification
The correlation between iShares Currency Hedged and DJI is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares Currency Hedged and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
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