Precious Metals Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Precious Metals and Us Government Securities is -0.21 (i.e., Very good 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Precious Metals Fund and DJI is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak 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

  0.63RYAQX Inverse Government LongPairCorr

Moving against Precious Mutual Fund

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  0.49RYDHX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.48RYAZX Sp Smallcap 600PairCorr
  0.47RYDCX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.42RYDKX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.41RYANX Nova Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.41RYEAX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.4RYAKX Russell 2000 15xPairCorr
  0.4RYAVX Sp Midcap 400PairCorr
  0.4RYECX Energy Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.39RYAHX Mid Cap 15xPairCorr
  0.34RYATX Nasdaq 100 FundPairCorr
  0.33RYCEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.32RYAEX Europe 125x StrategyPairCorr
  0.31RYBKX Banking Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.61RYCGX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.57RYESX Energy ServicesPairCorr
  0.55RYCVX Dow 2x StrategyPairCorr
  0.55RYCYX Dow 2x StrategyPairCorr
  0.55RYGBX Government Long BondPairCorr
  0.49RYDAX Dow Jones IndustrialPairCorr
  0.48RYCRX Real Estate FundPairCorr
  0.47RYELX Electronics 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.