IShares MSCI Correlations

EWUS Etf  USD 41.79  0.06  0.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares MSCI United and iShares MSCI France is 0.66 (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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

IShares MSCI Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between iShares MSCI United and DJI is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares MSCI United 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 United. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in manufacturing.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.62BBCA JPMorgan BetaBuildersPairCorr
  0.62EWU iShares MSCI UnitedPairCorr
  0.65EWA iShares MSCI Australia Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.87EWG iShares MSCI GermanyPairCorr
  0.71EWQ iShares MSCI FrancePairCorr
  0.8MDY SPDR SP MIDCAPPairCorr
  0.83SLYG SPDR SP 600PairCorr
  0.72SLYV SPDR SP 600PairCorr
  0.64DFAX Dimensional WorldPairCorr
  0.77EASG Xtrackers MSCI EAFEPairCorr
  0.65SIL Global X SilverPairCorr
  0.77DVXB WEBs Defined VolatilityPairCorr
  0.67ITDJ iShares TrustPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.46GRI GRI BioPairCorr

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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
EWQ  0.69 (0.01)(0.04) 0.05  0.76 
 1.63 
 3.22 
EEMS  0.62 (0.05) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 0.97 
 3.73 
GVUS  0.54  0.01  0.00  0.08  0.63 
 1.08 
 2.89 
HEWJ  0.82  0.08  0.06  0.16  1.05 
 1.97 
 8.35 
EWN  0.76 (0.03)(0.03) 0.04  1.07 
 1.43 
 4.64 
DGRS  0.78 (0.07)(0.06) 0.01  0.97 
 2.29 
 4.62 
SIZE  0.63 (0.03)(0.04) 0.04  0.79 
 1.39 
 3.30 
JPME  0.59 (0.03)(0.05) 0.04  0.77 
 1.28 
 3.53 
QVMM  0.74 (0.03)(0.02) 0.04  1.00 
 1.78 
 3.89 
EIDO  0.72  0.04 (0.01) 0.18  0.72 
 1.92 
 4.53