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The current 90-days correlation between iShares MSCI Japan and iShares MSCI Israel is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as IShares MSCI moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if iShares MSCI Japan moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.
IShares MSCI Correlation With Market
Weak diversification
The correlation between iShares MSCI Japan and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding iShares MSCI Japan and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
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