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correlation

[kawr-uh-lay-shuhn, kor-] / ˌkɔr əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌkɒr- /


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In fact, the 3-month implied correlation index hit a record low of 7.19 on July 10.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

"This longitudinal correlation suggests that Alzheimer's disease pathology is associated with a disruption of this main sleep feature," Sharon said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

A hawkish Fed will be a headwind, and “the recent positive correlation between equities and gold suggests that gold prices will fall if, as we expect, the AI equity boom turns to bust.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

"If you look at the numbers of teams that go back up or finish in the top places, there's a huge correlation between those clubs and the ones that are parachute payment clubs," McAnuff said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

There is a small correlation between a woman’s being single and her having gone to college.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

If the technology group begins to underperform while the rest of the market holds up, stocks could start trading more closely together, and correlations could rise.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

The discovery suggests that fractional Fermi seas represent an exotic critical phase of quantum matter, with characteristic patterns of particle correlations that extend beyond existing descriptions of one-dimensional quantum systems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

So, over the next several weeks, if stocks start trading together more often, we should see implied correlations rise and the SPY-to-RSP ratio decline.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

"It has a hidden order that becomes visible in its correlations."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

But the correlations do not tell us precisely how population variables function in a chain of cause and effect whose outcome is a complex society.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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