Portfolio Analytics

Positive Correlation

Definition

What is Positive Correlation?

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

Example in practice

Bank shares and a banking-sector index usually have positive 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 opposite directions.

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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