IShares Financial Correlations

IYG Etf  USD 79.85  0.34  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares Financial and iShares Financials ETF is 0.99 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of IShares Financial 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 Financial Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between iShares Financial Services and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares Financial Services 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 Financial Services. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in manufacturing.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.97XLF Financial Select Sector Aggressive PushPairCorr
  1.0VFH Vanguard Financials IndexPairCorr
  0.88KRE SPDR SP Regional Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.91KBE SPDR SP BankPairCorr
  0.99IYF iShares Financials ETFPairCorr
  1.0FNCL Fidelity MSCI FinancialsPairCorr
  0.92FXO First Trust FinancialsPairCorr
  0.78IAT iShares Regional BanksPairCorr
  0.86MPAY Akros Monthly PayoutPairCorr
  0.92CPST Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.76AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.83WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.93JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.61GE GE AerospacePairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.47BITI ProShares TrustPairCorr
  0.55MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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IShares Financial Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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