IShares Canadian Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between iShares Canadian Universe and iShares Canadian Short is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as IShares Canadian moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if iShares Canadian Universe moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

IShares Canadian Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between iShares Canadian Universe and DJI is 0.29 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares Canadian Universe and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
The ability to find closely correlated positions to IShares Canadian could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace IShares Canadian when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back IShares Canadian - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling iShares Canadian Universe to buy it.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  1.0ZAG BMO Aggregate BondPairCorr
  0.99ZCPB BMO Core PlusPairCorr
  1.0ZDB BMO Discount BondPairCorr
  1.0XGB iShares Canadian GovPairCorr
  0.96ZMP BMO Mid ProvincialPairCorr
  0.98ZFM BMO Mid FederalPairCorr
  0.95XQB iShares High QualityPairCorr
  0.99HBB Global X CanadianPairCorr
  0.93CCRE CIBC Core FixedPairCorr
  0.96XLB iShares Core CanadianPairCorr
  0.89VLB Vanguard Canadian LongPairCorr
  0.99VGV Vanguard CanadianPairCorr
  0.82CLF iShares 1 5PairCorr
  0.73DCG Desjardins 1 5PairCorr
  0.97XRB iShares Canadian RealPairCorr
  0.91CBH iShares 1 10YrPairCorr

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IShares Canadian Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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

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