Precious Metals Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Precious Metals and Energy Fund Investor is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Precious Metals 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.

Precious Metals Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Precious Metals Fund and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Precious Metals Fund 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 Precious Metals Fund. 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 population.

Moving together with Precious Mutual Fund

  0.65RYABX Government Long Bond TrendingPairCorr
  0.99RYAIX Inverse Nasdaq 100 Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.99RYAFX Inverse Russell 2000 TrendingPairCorr
  0.99RYCAX Consumer ProductsPairCorr
  0.99RYCDX Rydex Inverse NasdaqPairCorr
  0.99RYCZX Inverse Dow 2x Steady GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Precious Mutual Fund

  0.41RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.32RYAKX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr
  0.32RYCMX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr

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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 Indicators

There is a big difference between Precious Mutual Fund performing well and Precious Metals 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 Precious Metals' 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.