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The current 90-days correlation between Medicure and Biosyent is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Medicure 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.
Medicure Correlation With Market
Good diversification
The correlation between Medicure and DJI is -0.02 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Medicure and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Medicure could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Medicure 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 Medicure - 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 Medicure to buy it.
Moving against Medicure Stock
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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.
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Risk-Adjusted IndicatorsThere is a big difference between Medicure Stock performing well and Medicure Company 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 Medicure'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.
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