The Gold Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Gold Bullion and Quantified Market Leaders is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of The 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.

The Gold Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between The Gold Bullion and DJI is -0.13 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The Gold Bullion and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in The Gold Bullion. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with The Mutual Fund

  0.64QSTFX Quantified StfPairCorr
  0.64QSTAX Quantified StfPairCorr
  0.92QEVOX Quantified Evolution PlusPairCorr
  1.0QGLCX Gold BullionPairCorr
  0.61APDOX Artisan Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.69PGTAX Putnam Global TechnologyPairCorr

Moving against The Mutual Fund

  0.57QBDAX Quantified Managed IncomePairCorr
  0.54QBDSX Quantified Managed IncomePairCorr
  0.34QFITX Quantified Tactical Fixed Steady GrowthPairCorr

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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 The Mutual Fund performing well and The Gold Mutual Fund 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 The 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.