IShares Healthcare Correlations

IYH Etf  USD 61.64  0.50  0.82%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares Healthcare ETF and iShares Financials ETF is 0.46 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of IShares Healthcare 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 Healthcare Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between iShares Healthcare ETF 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 Healthcare ETF 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 Healthcare ETF. 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

  0.98XLV Health Care SelectPairCorr
  1.0VHT Vanguard Health CarePairCorr
  0.71IBB iShares Biotechnology ETFPairCorr
  0.72IHI iShares Medical DevicesPairCorr
  0.96IXJ iShares Global HealthcarePairCorr
  1.0FHLC Fidelity MSCI HealthPairCorr
  0.8IHF iShares HealthcarePairCorr
  0.7IGA Voya Global AdvantagePairCorr
  0.64GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.66MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.65IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.66GE GE AerospacePairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.46AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.37SEMI Columbia SeligmanPairCorr
  0.33MAGS Roundhill MagnificentPairCorr

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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 Healthcare Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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