IShares MSCI Correlations

EFA Etf  USD 96.50  0.51  0.53%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares MSCI EAFE and iShares Russell 2000 is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of IShares MSCI 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 MSCI Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between iShares MSCI EAFE and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares MSCI EAFE and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in iShares MSCI EAFE. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in price.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.98VEA Vanguard FTSE DevelopedPairCorr
  1.0IEFA iShares Core MSCIPairCorr
  0.97VEU Vanguard FTSE AllPairCorr
  0.98IXUS iShares Core MSCIPairCorr
  0.99SPDW SPDR SP WorldPairCorr
  0.98IDEV iShares Core MSCIPairCorr
  0.99ESGD iShares ESG AwarePairCorr
  1.0JIRE JP Morgan ExchangePairCorr
  0.96DFAX Dimensional WorldPairCorr
  0.64KORU Direxion Daily SouthPairCorr
  0.69MUU Direxion Daily MUPairCorr
  0.69MULL GraniteShares 2x LongPairCorr
  0.62AGQ ProShares Ultra SilverPairCorr
  0.7IYJ iShares Industrials ETFPairCorr
  0.64AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.62CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.75AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.65IBM International BusinessPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.48PG Procter GamblePairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
IWM  0.99 (0.01) 0.01  0.06  1.24 
 2.18 
 5.60 
IWD  0.53  0.00 (0.02) 0.07  0.62 
 1.07 
 2.93 
IVW  0.73 (0.02)(0.02) 0.04  1.07 
 1.57 
 4.50 
IXUS  0.54 (0.01)(0.03) 0.06  0.72 
 1.02 
 3.06 
VLCAX  0.55 (0.01)(0.02) 0.06  0.81 
 1.25 
 3.28 
SCHD  0.54 (0.02)(0.07) 0.03  0.59 
 1.43 
 2.67 
VV  0.57 (0.01)(0.02) 0.06  0.84 
 1.24 
 3.32 
VWNAX  0.53  0.01  0.01  0.08  0.65 
 1.29 
 3.12 
VTWAX  0.54 (0.01)(0.02) 0.05  0.80 
 1.07 
 3.15 
RSP  0.57 (0.04)(0.05) 0.03  0.76 
 1.00 
 3.25