IShares MSCI Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between iShares MSCI Kokusai and iShares MSCI Japan is 0.55 (i.e., Very weak diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as IShares MSCI moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if iShares MSCI Kokusai moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

IShares MSCI Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between iShares MSCI Kokusai and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares MSCI Kokusai and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in iShares MSCI Kokusai. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in persons.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.97VT Vanguard Total WorldPairCorr
  0.98ACWI iShares MSCI ACWIPairCorr
  0.77IOO iShares Global 100PairCorr
  1.0URTH iShares MSCI WorldPairCorr
  0.98CRBN iShares MSCI ACWIPairCorr
  1.0KOKU Xtrackers MSCI KokusaiPairCorr
  0.99SPGM SPDR Portfolio MSCIPairCorr
  0.79WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.76AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.91JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.36TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr

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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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GBFSCJ
JXIGBF
JXIEXI
EXISCJ
GBFEXI
  
High negative correlations   
RXISCJ
GBFRXI
JXIRXI

IShares MSCI Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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