IShares IBoxx Correlations

LQD Etf  USD 108.39  0.37  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares iBoxx Investment and iShares iBoxx High is -0.08 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of IShares IBoxx 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 IBoxx Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between iShares iBoxx Investment and DJI is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares iBoxx Investment 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 iShares iBoxx Investment. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in producer price index.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.99IGIB iShares 5 10PairCorr
  1.0USIG iShares Broad USDPairCorr
  0.97SPIB SPDR Barclays IntermPairCorr
  1.0SUSC iShares ESG USDPairCorr
  1.0QLTA iShares AaaPairCorr
  0.99CORP PIMCO Investment GradePairCorr
  0.94FLCO Franklin Liberty InvPairCorr
  0.94GIGB Goldman Sachs AccessPairCorr
  1.0VTC Vanguard Total CorporatePairCorr
  0.93PMBS PIMCO Mortgage BackedPairCorr
  0.89YCL ProShares Ultra YenPairCorr
  0.87FXY Invesco CurrencySharesPairCorr
  0.66ULE ProShares Ultra EuroPairCorr
  0.66GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.81KO Coca Cola Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.67IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.78PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.78TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.79MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.64MSFT Microsoft Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.62CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.55HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.5BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.46MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.43HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.36DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr

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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   
JPMMETA
CRMMSFT
TUBER
CRMA
AMSFT
JPMA
  
High negative correlations   
MRKUBER
TMSFT
MRKMETA
CRMT
MRKT
MRKJPM

IShares IBoxx Competition Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between IShares Etf performing well and IShares IBoxx 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 IBoxx'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
META  1.63  0.04  0.02  0.00  2.27 
 2.96 
 8.90 
MSFT  1.11 (0.18) 0.00 (0.29) 0.00 
 2.58 
 10.31 
UBER  1.88  0.40  0.18  0.75  2.03 
 4.72 
 12.75 
F  1.44  0.14  0.06  0.09  2.12 
 2.71 
 10.14 
T  0.99  0.29  0.19  0.56  1.43 
 1.90 
 11.66 
A  1.16 (0.14) 0.00 (0.20) 0.00 
 2.92 
 9.03 
CRM  1.40 (0.29) 0.00 (0.29) 0.00 
 2.72 
 8.88 
JPM  1.14  0.10  0.05  0.05  1.76 
 2.16 
 6.85 
MRK  1.16 (0.11) 0.00  1.03  0.00 
 2.07 
 11.58 
XOM  1.03  0.13  0.10  0.27  1.28 
 2.55 
 5.89