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Top 10 Holdings
What is HYG?
The iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expenses of the iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index a corporate bond market index compiled by the International Index Company Limited.
HYGPerformance Measures**
for the time period Apr 11, 2007 to Dec 15, 2025
1M Trailing Return: 1.1%
The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.
3M Trailing Return: 0.7%
The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.
Max Drawdown: -34.2%
The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.
Standard Deviation: 11.0%
The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.
Sharpe Ratio: 0.50
The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.
Calmar Ratio: 0.15
The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.
ETFs related toHYG
ETFs correlated to HYG include JNK, HYLB, USHY
What is ETF correlation?
Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.
Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.
Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction
ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:
- •Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
- •Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
- •Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.
Trading Strategies
Related toHYG
V? | Investment Portfolio 9/14/22 | Michael B
Category
Tactical allocation, leveraged ETFs, volatility hedge, trend-following, mean reversion, buy-the-dip
OOS Cumulative Return
165.02%
Sandy's Modified AAW (logic changeup) v2 + v4 Pops + Pure BS Catcher + V1a TQQQ or not | + Dash of SQQQ - Deez
Category
Adaptive all-weather, trend following, mean reversion, volatility switch, leveraged ETFs, bond rotation, hedged, multi-asset
OOS Cumulative Return
114.03%
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