Precious Metals Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Precious Metals and Energy Fund Investor is 0.4 (i.e., Very weak 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

Modest diversification

The correlation between Precious Metals Fund and DJI is 0.24 (i.e., Modest 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.
  
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Moving together with Precious Mutual Fund

  0.73RYABX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.89RYAEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.76RYAUX Utilities Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.89RYCEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.68RYCGX Government Long BondPairCorr

Moving against Precious Mutual Fund

  0.63RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.5RYAKX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr
  0.48RYAQX Inverse Government LongPairCorr
  0.45RYBHX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.44RYAHX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.44RYDCX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.42RYATX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.35RYANX Nova Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.35RYAVX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.67RYCNX Transportation Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.52RYELX Electronics Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.5RYCMX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr
  0.46RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  0.43RYCOX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.42RYCKX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.41RYESX Energy ServicesPairCorr
  0.38RYCTX Sp 500 2xPairCorr
  0.34RYCHX Technology Fund ClassPairCorr

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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.