IShares SP Correlations

IJS Etf  USD 116.69  0.38  0.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between iShares SP Small and iShares SP Small Cap is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of IShares SP 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 SP Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between iShares SP Small Cap 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 SP Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in iShares SP Small Cap. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.94VBR Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95IWN iShares Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.92IJJ iShares SP MidPairCorr
  0.89DFAT Dimensional TargetedPairCorr
  1.0SLYV SPDR SP 600PairCorr
  0.91AVUV Avantis Small CapPairCorr
  0.78DES WisdomTree SmallCapPairCorr
  0.92MDYV SPDR SP 400PairCorr
  0.91CALF Pacer Small CapPairCorr
  0.79TOT Advisor Managed PortPairCorr
  0.81SWP SWP Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.8DUKH Ocean Park HighPairCorr
  0.77IYJ iShares Industrials ETF Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.65BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.7WMT Walmart Common Stock Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.51FNGD MicroSectors FANG Index Buyout TrendPairCorr
  0.37PG Procter GamblePairCorr

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IShares SP Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between IShares Etf performing well and IShares SP 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 SP'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
IJT  0.83 (0.05)(0.03) 0.03  1.08 
 1.77 
 5.10 
IBB  0.86  0.18  0.17  0.26  0.72 
 1.87 
 5.02 
IJJ  0.74 (0.05)(0.04) 0.02  0.97 
 1.85 
 4.07 
IXN  1.00  0.01  0.01  0.07  1.51 
 1.96 
 5.81 
HEFA  0.48  0.04  0.03  0.12  0.58 
 1.29 
 3.39 
URTH  0.54 (0.01)(0.02) 0.05  0.83 
 1.11 
 3.05 
ACWX  0.55  0.00 (0.02) 0.07  0.74 
 1.02 
 3.24 
EWZ  0.97  0.10  0.05  0.19  1.49 
 1.89 
 9.26 
IEUR  0.60  0.00 (0.02) 0.07  0.61 
 1.26 
 2.61 
IGF  0.44 (0.01)(0.09) 0.05  0.48 
 0.79 
 1.92