Cotton Correlations

CTUSX Commodity   71.95  0.02  0.03%   
The current 90-days correlation between Cotton and Silver Futures is 0.29 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Cotton 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.

Cotton Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Cotton and DJI is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Cotton and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Cotton could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Cotton when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Cotton - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Cotton to buy it.

Moving together with Cotton Commodity

  0.61WSM Williams SonomaPairCorr
  0.69NEAR iShares Short MaturityPairCorr
  0.69HGXVX Hartford Global ImpactPairCorr

Moving against Cotton Commodity

  0.42OXLC Oxford Lane CapitalPairCorr
  0.4GDET GD Entertainment TecPairCorr
  0.34BMYMP Bristol Myers SquibbPairCorr

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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   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Cotton Commodity performing well and Cotton Commodity 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 Cotton'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
SIUSD  1.50  0.10 (0.02)(0.73) 1.92 
 3.19 
 9.02 
OJUSX  1.91  0.05 (0.02) 0.57  2.58 
 3.48 
 10.95 
BZUSD  1.54 (0.10) 0.00 (0.40) 0.00 
 3.15 
 10.98 
NGUSD  3.48  0.71  0.17  1.26  3.49 
 7.67 
 31.59 
ZFUSD  0.17 (0.03) 0.00 (0.82) 0.00 
 0.30 
 1.13 
MGCUSD  0.74  0.08 (0.05)(0.93) 1.15 
 1.40 
 5.19 
DCUSD  0.91 (0.04) 0.00  0.18  0.00 
 0.83 
 21.45 
PAUSD  2.31  0.20 (0.02)(0.08) 2.52 
 4.51 
 15.36 
LBUSD  1.26  0.25  0.11  2.29  1.01 
 3.42 
 9.80 
RTYUSD  0.91  0.14  0.01  5.18  0.94 
 2.05 
 7.61 

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