IShares Real Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between iShares Real Estate and SPDR Dow Jones is 0.99 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of IShares Real 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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

IShares Real Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between iShares Real Estate and DJI is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares Real Estate 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 Real Estate. 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

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  0.96USRT iShares Core REITPairCorr
  0.69IRET iREIT MarketVectorPairCorr
  0.95RWR SPDR Dow JonesPairCorr
  0.66BABX GraniteShares 175x LongPairCorr
  0.65XPP ProShares Ultra FTSEPairCorr
  0.73JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.71DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.73IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.69GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.68MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.67VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.7KO Coca ColaPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.38MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr

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IShares Real Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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