IShares IG Correlations

XIG Etf  CAD 19.75  0.09  0.45%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares IG Corporate and iShares JP Morgan is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as IShares IG moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if iShares IG Corporate moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

IShares IG Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between iShares IG Corporate and DJI is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares IG Corporate and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.97ZMU BMO Mid TermPairCorr
  0.87ZIC BMO Mid TermPairCorr
  0.95FIG CI Investment GradePairCorr
  0.85QUIG Mackenzie InvestmentPairCorr
  0.9ZSU BMO Short TermPairCorr
  0.81IGCF PIMCO Investment GradePairCorr
  0.76XLB iShares Core CanadianPairCorr
  0.84XFR iShares Floating RatePairCorr
  0.84VLB Vanguard Canadian LongPairCorr
  0.9HBB Global X CanadianPairCorr
  0.91VGV Vanguard CanadianPairCorr
  0.83CLF iShares 1 5PairCorr
  0.81DCG Desjardins 1 5PairCorr
  0.8ZFS-L BMO Short FederalPairCorr
  0.85XRB iShares Canadian RealPairCorr

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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 IG Competition Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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

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