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What is PFF?
The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated preferred and hybrid securities. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index (the Underlying Index ), which measures the performance of a select group of exchange-listed, U.S. dollar-denominated preferred securities, hybrid securities and convertible preferred securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ) or NASDAQ Capital Market ( NASDAQ ). The Underlying Index includes issuances of preferred stocks with amounts outstanding over $100 million, convertible preferred stock with at least $50 million face amount outstanding, and hybrid securities with at least $250 million face amount outstanding, that meet minimum price, liquidity, trading volume, maturity and other requirements, as applicable, as determined by ICE Data Indices (the Index Provider or ICE Data ).
PFFPerformance Measures**
for the time period Mar 30, 2007 to Aug 5, 2026
1M Trailing Return: 0.5%
The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.
3M Trailing Return: -0.9%
The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.
Max Drawdown: -65.5%
The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.
Standard Deviation: 18.6%
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: 0.29
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: 0.06
The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.
ETFs related toPFF
ETFs correlated to PFF include PSK, PGX, PFFD
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
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Outlier Portfolio AR 684% Variation
Category
Trend-following, mean reversion, volatility hedging, leveraged ETFs, sector rotation, commodities, bonds, managed futures, crypto overlay
OOS Cumulative Return
68.4%
Newish Short End Bond Symphony
Category
Macro regime, risk-on/risk-off, momentum, multi-asset, ETFs, leveraged/inverse, daily rebalance
OOS Cumulative Return
59.51%
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