correlation

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But there has been a clear negative correlation between oil futures prices and airline stocks in recent years.

From MarketWatch

According to Hoedt, the correlation between cyclicals and defensive stocks is likely to break down soon, as defensive trades become crowded and expensive.

From MarketWatch

These electron correlations act like a fine tuning mechanism, allowing scientists to deliberately engineer unusual quantum states.

From Science Daily

One way around this is to invest in ETFs that include stocks of gold-mining companies, which tend to have a strong correlation with spot gold prices.

From Barron's

“Amid ongoing disinflation, the negative correlation between equities and bonds has returned, restoring Treasurys as a portfolio diversification and protection tool,” they say.

From The Wall Street Journal