Materials Select Correlations

XLB Etf  USD 87.78  0.96  1.11%   
The current 90-days correlation between Materials Select Sector and Industrial Select Sector is 0.95 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Materials 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.

Materials Select Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Materials Select Sector and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Materials 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 Materials 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 Materials Etf

  0.98VAW Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.79XME SPDR SP MetalsPairCorr
  0.96PHO Invesco Water ResourcesPairCorr
  0.94MOO VanEck Agribusiness ETFPairCorr
  0.97FXZ First Trust MaterialsPairCorr
  0.97FIW First Trust WaterPairCorr
  0.73URNM Sprott Uranium MinersPairCorr
  0.98IYM iShares Basic MaterialsPairCorr
  0.91ITDD iShares TrustPairCorr
  0.82BA Boeing Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.78IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.74DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.79TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.81AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.86CSCO Cisco Systems Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.72MSFT Microsoft Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.82DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.89MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis

Click cells to compare fundamentals   Check Volatility   Backtest Portfolio

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.
High positive correlations   
XLYXLI
XLUXLI
XLUXLY
XLUXLP
XLPXLI
XLPXLY
  
High negative correlations   
XLVXLI
XLVXLY
XLVXLU
XLVXLP

Materials Select Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Materials Etf performing well and Materials 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 Materials 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.