Blackrock Defensive Correlations

BADEX Fund  USD 10.23  0.08  0.78%   
The current 90-days correlation between Blackrock Defensive and Blackrock California Municipal is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Blackrock Defensive 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.

Blackrock Defensive Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Blackrock Defensive Advantage and DJI is 0.19 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Blackrock Defensive Advantage and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Blackrock Mutual Fund

  0.74MKEFX Blackrock Eurofund ClassPairCorr
  0.82MKDCX Blackrock EmergingPairCorr
  0.67MKILX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.67BROKX Blackrock AdvantagePairCorr

Moving against Blackrock Mutual Fund

  0.32BRBCX Blackrock TacticalPairCorr
  0.39MKSPX Blackrock Advantage TotalPairCorr
  0.33BRGAX Blckrck Fdsiii RssllPairCorr
  0.32BRGNX Blckrck Fdsiii RssllPairCorr
  0.32BRGKX Blckrck Fds IiiPairCorr
  0.41BRMIX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.41BRMAX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.41BRMKX Blackrock Midcap IndexPairCorr

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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   
MKGCXMKDVX
MKECXMKEFX
BRAPXMKCPX
BRAPXMKFOX
MKDCXMKEFX
MKILXMKEFX
  
High negative correlations   
MKFOXMKECX
MKFOXMKDCX
MKFOXMKEFX
BRAPXMKECX
BRAPXMKDCX
BRAPXMKEFX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Blackrock Mutual Fund performing well and Blackrock Defensive Mutual Fund 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 Blackrock Defensive'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
MKCMX  0.12 (0.01) 0.00 (0.18) 0.00 
 0.34 
 1.00 
MKCPX  0.29  0.03 (0.07) 0.57  0.23 
 0.80 
 2.21 
MKEFX  0.83 (0.02) 0.00  0.34  0.00 
 1.63 
 6.83 
MKECX  0.62 (0.09) 0.00 (0.52) 0.00 
 1.15 
 4.15 
MKDCX  0.76  0.00 (0.07) 0.07  0.93 
 1.69 
 5.08 
MKDVX  0.51 (0.08) 0.00 (0.56) 0.00 
 0.93 
 7.49 
MKGCX  0.64 (0.10) 0.00 (0.59) 0.00 
 1.08 
 13.22 
MKFOX  0.73  0.15  0.08 (9.18) 0.90 
 1.81 
 5.49 
MKILX  0.68  0.01 (0.05)(0.08) 0.90 
 1.31 
 5.13 
BRAPX  0.39  0.02 (0.02) 0.10  0.36 
 1.01 
 2.96