Financial Select Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Financial Select Sector and Energy Select Sector is 0.42 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Financial Select 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.

Financial Select Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Financial Select Sector and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Financial Select Sector and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Current Watchlist to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Financial Select Sector. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Financial Etf

  0.98VFH Vanguard Financials IndexPairCorr
  0.73KRE SPDR SP Regional Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.78KBE SPDR SP BankPairCorr
  0.98IYF iShares Financials ETFPairCorr
  0.98FNCL Fidelity MSCI FinancialsPairCorr
  0.97IYG iShares FinancialPairCorr
  0.81FXO First Trust FinancialsPairCorr
  0.61IAT iShares Regional BanksPairCorr
  0.72MPAY Akros Monthly PayoutPairCorr
  0.84CPST Calamos ETF TrustPairCorr
  0.7CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.79WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.94JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr
  0.75GE GE AerospacePairCorr
  0.68MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr

Moving against Financial Etf

  0.65MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr

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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.
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Financial Select Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Financial Etf performing well and Financial Select 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 Financial Select'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.