IShares Russell Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between iShares Russell 2000 and iShares Russell 2000 is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as IShares Russell moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if iShares Russell 2000 moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

IShares Russell Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between iShares Russell 2000 and DJI is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares Russell 2000 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 Russell 2000. 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

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  1.0VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.78VRTGX Vanguard Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.76VIOG Vanguard SP SmallPairCorr
  0.77ISCG iShares MorningstarPairCorr
  0.91GBTC Grayscale Bitcoin TrustPairCorr
  0.82USD ProShares Ultra SemiPairCorr
  0.93TECL Direxion Daily TechnologyPairCorr
  0.93ROM ProShares Ultra TechPairCorr
  0.94QLD ProShares Ultra QQQPairCorr
  0.7SMH VanEck Semiconductor ETFPairCorr
  0.94SPXL Direxion Daily SP500PairCorr
  0.69SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETFPairCorr
  0.94UPRO ProShares UltraPro SP500PairCorr
  0.77DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.92AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.87HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.83HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.83MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr
  0.71BA BoeingPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.37GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.78VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.75TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.61MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.46PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.41XOM Exxon Mobil CorpPairCorr
  0.37CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr
  0.33IBM International BusinessPairCorr

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IShares Russell Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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