VanEck Gold Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between VanEck Gold Miners and VanEck Junior Gold is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of VanEck Gold 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.

VanEck Gold Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between VanEck Gold Miners and DJI is -0.08 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding VanEck Gold Miners and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in VanEck Gold Miners. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with VanEck Etf

  0.95SIL Global X SilverPairCorr
  0.94SILJ Amplify ETF TrustPairCorr
  1.0SGDM Sprott Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.98SGDJ Sprott Junior GoldPairCorr
  0.99GOAU US Global GOPairCorr
  0.98GOEX Global X GoldPairCorr
  0.99GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.92JMST JPMorgan Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.85BBEM JP Morgan ExchangePairCorr
  0.85GHMS Goose Hollow MultiPairCorr
  0.89ACWV iShares MSCI GlobalPairCorr
  0.61JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr
  0.63VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr

Moving against VanEck Etf

  0.41OIH VanEck Oil ServicesPairCorr
  0.37WTMF WisdomTree ManagedPairCorr
  0.44AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.43HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.43MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.42CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.38PFE Pfizer IncPairCorr
  0.32HD Home DepotPairCorr

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VanEck Gold Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between VanEck Etf performing well and VanEck Gold 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 VanEck Gold'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.