Portfolio Analytics

Negative Correlation

Definition

What is Negative Correlation?

A relationship in which two assets tend to move in opposite directions.

Example in practice

A protective asset may rise when equities fall, creating negative correlation.

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A statistic ranging from minus one to plus one that describes how two return series move together.

A relationship in which two assets tend to move in the same direction.

A measure of how two variables or asset returns vary together.

An analysis of portfolio performance under severe but plausible scenarios.

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