Blackrock Lifepath Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Blackrock Lifepath and Dreyfus Technology Growth is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Blackrock Lifepath 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.

Blackrock Lifepath Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Blackrock Lifepath Dynamic and DJI is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Blackrock Lifepath Dynamic and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Blackrock Lifepath Dynamic. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with Blackrock Mutual Fund

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  0.8MKCPX Blackrock BalancedPairCorr
  0.73BRAPX Blackrock AggressivePairCorr
  0.69MKMTX Blackrock StrategicPairCorr
  0.68MKNKX Blackrock New YorkPairCorr
  0.63MKNJX Blackrock New JerseyPairCorr
  0.76MKLOX Blackrock Global AllPairCorr
  0.82BRCPX Blackrock ConservativePairCorr
  0.69MKPYX Blackrock PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.73BRGPX Blackrock Gwth PreparedPairCorr
  0.61BRIAX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.69BRHYX Blackrock Hi YldPairCorr
  0.74BRIDX Blackrock RetirementPairCorr
  0.83BRMPX Blackrock ModeratePairCorr
  0.68MKYHX Blackrock High YieldPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Blackrock Mutual Fund performing well and Blackrock Lifepath Mutual Fund 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 Blackrock Lifepath'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.